Field guide No. 709
Sardine whale in an empty warehouse
Packed in, eventually.
In an empty warehouse with tall dusty windows, thousands of silver sardines swim together through the air in the exact shape of a whale. They have found somewhere roomier than a tin.
Field noteSardines shoaling in the air of a warehouse, in a whale’s outline. Plenty of room, no water at all.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Where the horizon turns skywardA sky does not have edges. This one stands up on its side over a marsh, sunset on one face.
Grayscale dog sheds a golden sprayA grey dog shakes golden liquid across a red court. The ball became a weather event.
Autumn leaves cast summer shadowsMaple leaves blowing over salt each cast the shade of a full-grown tree.
Cutlery at low tideForks do drip. Four steady streams with no source is where hydraulics walks out.