Field guide No. 270
Reserved for the rain
Every table has its own weather.
A riverside café terrace at night is empty except for rain falling in neat columns onto each round table, one cup of coffee still waiting under its own shower. The forecast booked ahead.
Field noteRain falling only where booked is meteorology being fussy. A table can have its own weather in principle.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Autumn leaves suspended in timeLeaves that refuse to land are gravity’s embarrassment. The tree is entirely ordinary.
Air dryPegs and lines are dependable. Clouds, unfortunately, are not something you can grip.
The seam in the seaCord could, in principle, be laced through water. The water would decline to stay shut.
The unpicked noteSeeds get into pianos and some will sprout given light. Nobody has watered a Steinway yet.