Field guide No. 373
Liquid saguaro after the storm
Mostly water, still prickly.
Under breaking storm clouds in a red desert, a tall saguaro cactus is made of clear running water, spines and all, pooling at its base. It finally had enough to drink.
Field noteSpines need something to stand in. Water holding a cactus shape, spines and all, is solid and not.
- Specimen
- No. 373
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Breaks
- Material
- Where it doesn’t exist
- A red desert after rain.
- Nearest existing relative
- A saguaro.
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Spaces
Also impossible, also breaking material
Brick's soft landing on porcelainPorcelain that yields like a cushion is no longer porcelain. The plate is both and neither.
Fish over folded pool waterWater folded into a stack keeps its shape, which is the one thing water doesn’t do.
Koi swimming through woodA fish swims through liquid. A floor that is liquid for fish and solid for chairs is both.
Pigeon on a soft brick cushionBrick that sags like a cushion is not brick, whatever the mortar says.