Field guide No. 1580
Level headed
Each drop checks it is straight.
Rain beads on three power lines over a grey rooftop town. Each drop hangs as a flat disc with a dead-level surface, like a spirit level.
Field noteRaindrops hanging flat-topped from sagging wires, each one keeping its own horizon.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Shell serviceConches have long been held to the ear. Wiring one up is easy; floating it is the hard part.
The boulder’s raised echoA splash falls back in a blink. This splash of mud has set in the shape of the boulder that made it.
Blue flamed ivory mushroom hollowPale blue mushrooms glow among ferns. The understory keeps its own lights on.
Vertical water on cracked red clayA pane of still water stands upright against a clay bank. Water will not stand up; the twigs inside are fine with it.