Field guide No. 1340
Peel back
Shade, sold by the strip
A boulder on a wet beach at sunset has a shadow that lifts off the sand at its end like tape. The tide will take the rest by morning.
Field noteBoulder’s shadow lifts off the wet sand at the far end like a strip of tape.
- Specimen
- No. 1340
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Where it doesn’t exist
- a wet beach at sunset by one boulder
- Nearest existing relative
- a beach boulder
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Surreal
Also impossible, also breaking category
Water from a thirsty shadowA dark shadow pours over the edge like water. It has stopped behaving like shade.
The horizon comes looseThe horizon is where the ground appears to end. A thing that only appears cannot peel.
Three kings, one impossible boardChess has two sides and a king each. A third king means the game contradicts its own rules.
The lighthouse’s black ink beamA beam is light by definition. This one is black liquid, splatters and drips, and still comes out of the lamp.