Field guide No. 1596
Open circuit
Both ends are busy
A fat earthworm lies on wet soil in a horseshoe, its two ends disappearing into two burrows side by side. Coming and going at once.
Field noteEarthworms have a head and a tail, and this one has posted both down neighbouring holes.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Unseasonal attendanceTwo hundred napkins, one ladder, a free afternoon. Entirely doable; merely undone.
Blackness rising from a white candleA white candle gives off a plume of dark smoke. The room is still mostly light.
The mushroom takes center stageA single mushroom stands before rows of red theatre seats. The cast list is short.
The labyrinth loafSourdough crumb is all tunnels anyway; this baker simply made them take turns.