Field guide No. 696
Pebble unraveling into a sand strand
Pull the thread and it all goes.
On a wet beach a dark pebble is coming undone at one end, its layers unwinding into a long beaded strand of sand that trails off across the shore. It is a slow way to become a beach.
Field noteStone knitted in rows, with a loose end. Somebody pulled it and the beach is getting longer.
Also possible, also breaking material
Quiet seal, glass whiskersGlass tubes stand in for whiskers, spilled on the slipway. Asleep, the seal is unbothered.
Vinyl rings unbound above violet tableGrooves peel off a stack of black records as loose wire rings that hover in orbits above the table.
A stitch in porcelainThread through china would need holes the needle can’t make. Stubborn, not contradictory.
Empty net, warped pierPlanks bend a little. These have sagged into the shape of a full net with nothing in it, like wet cloth.