Field guide No. 1018
One egg, seven golden shadows
One egg casts seven yolks
A single egg sits on a kitchen counter beside a line of golden egg-shaped shadows. The light has multiplied breakfast.
Field noteOne egg casts a row of golden egg-shaped shadows. The light multiplied breakfast.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Frozen waves, silver fishCrushed ice on the fish counter rears up into breaking waves over the catch.
Paper moths in the archiveFolded paper flying unaided is aerodynamics’ concern. Moths in drawers are a museum staple.
Black smoke from snowbound mushroomsMushrooms shed spores, quietly. These are giving off heavy black smoke in the snow with no fire anywhere.
Late for the carboniferousA fern fossil lies across a broken slab. Its appointment is several million years late.