Field guide No. 464
Pink static between storm clouds
Bad reception, big weather.
At sunset, two dark storm clouds face each other across a gap filled with a crackling wall of pink lightning. They have been arguing for some time.
Field noteCloud-to-cloud lightning lasts a blink. This stays lit, a standing wall of pink static.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The last unread snowfallBooks describe snow; they don’t usually issue it. The rest of the desk is perfectly ordinary.
Tiny flame, enormous gustA flame that blows a gale gets energy from nowhere. A physics outrage, a logical shrug.
Cobalt balloon embraces a cactusBalloons meet spines exactly once. This one is squeezing in for a hug, unpopped.
The boulder’s raised echoA splash falls back in a blink. This splash of mud has set in the shape of the boulder that made it.