Field guide No. 246
Paper moths in the archive
Filed under: flying.
An open wooden archive drawer is filled with folded paper moths in tidy compartments, and a few have already flown out. The catalogue is now incomplete.
Field noteFolded paper flying unaided is aerodynamics’ concern. Moths in drawers are a museum staple.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Overtime for the oceanFans make wind and wind makes waves. Neat rows to the horizon is the overtime physics won’t pay.
Cello strings tether grounded cloudsClouds sitting on parquet on a leash defy weather, not logic. The cello is in tune.
Ray of eveningRays glide, but through water. Air holds this one up out of courtesy, not physics.
The chair that wasn'tDust does hang in sunbeams. Sitting it into furniture is physics overstepping, gently.