Field guide No. 031
Return to nature
Mistakes were made.
A giant pink eraser rolls down a country road, rubbing out the asphalt and leaving wildflowers behind.
Field noteErasers are real and remove things. Turning tarmac into meadow is beyond rubber’s brief.
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.