Field guide No. 466
Rebellious jelly escapes its square mold
Not setting, as instructed.
A red jelly on a steel counter bulges up and out over the square metal mould that is still round it, with crumbs and a spoon nearby. It has outgrown its shape.
Field noteJelly takes the shape it’s given. This one has spread well past its mould and is still going.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Overtime for the oceanFans make wind and wind makes waves. Neat rows to the horizon is the overtime physics won’t pay.
Dunes defying gravityLoose sand slumps to its angle of repose. These walls ignore the angle entirely.
Return to sender: upward rainRain falls once and stays fallen. These drops leave the pond again and head back to the leaf.
Ray of eveningRays glide, but through water. Air holds this one up out of courtesy, not physics.