Field guide No. 806

Open oyster shells sit among the red tiles of a rain-darkened roof above the sea. The chimney is keeping quiet.

Oyster shells opening on a wet roof

The tiles have developed a taste.

Open oyster shells sit among the red tiles of a rain-darkened roof above the sea. The chimney is keeping quiet.

Field noteOysters can cling to wet roof tiles. A chimney may object, but the shells will not.

Specimen
No. 806
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Nothing
Where it doesn’t exist
A rain-darkened roof beside the sea.
Nearest existing relative
Oyster shells, and roof tiles.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking nothing