Field guide No. 1169

Footprints stand up from damp sand as raised casts, toes and all, crowding a beach in low light. The tide was asked to take them away and has not been in touch.

Raised footprints in the sand

Someone left the walking behind.

Footprints stand up from damp sand as raised casts, toes and all, crowding a beach in low light. The tide was asked to take them away and has not been in touch.

Field noteFootprints rise from the sand as casts. The tide is meant to subtract, not sculpt.

Specimen
No. 1169
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A beach in low light.
Nearest existing relative
Footprints in damp sand.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics