Field guide No. 809
Pollen sparks a rust bloom
A flower leaves a mark.
A yellow flower rests on a metal counter while pollen-like grains spread into a broad rust-coloured trail. The bloom has outlasted the vase.
Field notePollen can scatter across metal and rust can spread. The flower leaves its mark at a distance.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The last light sheds white dustA tube light pours powder over buried chairs. Light does not shed dust, but a falling drift has no contradiction.
All the hours at onceTrees can bloom and turn unevenly; snow can come early. All of it on one tree is merely bad timing.
Cuttlefish in the empty subwayOut of the sea, a cuttlefish should sink. This one hovers in dry air, wearing the station’s tiles.
Black flame in a stone hearthA black flame rises from a match in the hearth. It has requested a coal allowance.