Field guide No. 1176
Road splitting into darkness
Lane discipline, strictly.
A dry highway with a centre line opens into a deep muddy pit that swallows both the asphalt and the paint. Repairs are scheduled, and the schedule is also in the pit.
Field noteThe highway opens into a muddy pit, centre line and all. Repairs are scheduled, indefinitely.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Geese walking up a waterfallWalking up falling water needs grip water doesn’t offer. The geese manage anyway.
Silver fish in the projector beamFish swim along the projector beam as though light were a current. Their shadows are the film.
An elephant leaves square footprintsEach print behind the elephant is a neat square. Round was considered and declined.
A horizontal hourglass defies gravityHourglasses stop when laid flat; this one pours sideways and even leaks a trickle past the glass.
