Field guide No. 1158
Orchard of invisible apples
Picked clean, apparently.
Bare autumn trees in rows hold apple-shaped holes in their leaves, showing white sky where fruit should be, with fallen leaves covering the ground. The harvest is accounted for, as absence.
Field noteApple-shaped holes in the leaves show white sky where fruit belongs; picked clean, apparently.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The upright coffee spillCoffee from a toppled mug stands up off the diner counter in a thin upright sheet, edges still dripping.
Candlelit stag in rainy forestCandle flames go out in the rain. These antlers keep theirs lit regardless.
Prickly pear threaded with miniature lightningLightning this small should not stay put. These bolts hang from the spines like lights on a hedge.
Tiny storms in the cotton fieldGrey clouds rise from cotton plants. The crop has weathered the forecast.