Field guide No. 1341
Pigeons fold the morning air
Leaving creases
Pigeons fly down a brick alley dragging the air behind them in clear, crumpled folds. Morning has to be ironed after they pass.
Field notePigeons drag the air behind them in creases, clear as cling film.
- Specimen
- No. 1341
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Breaks
- Category
- Where it doesn’t exist
- a brick alley between warehouses
- Nearest existing relative
- a pigeon
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Surreal
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