Field guide No. 1183
Second skin on ochre earth
Shed, and quite finished.
A pale snake skin lies in a loose curve across rust-red dirt and small stones, with the head end still hollow and intact. Whoever left it is wearing something newer.
Field noteA shed snakeskin lies hollow-headed on red dirt. The only odd thing is how complete it is.
Also possible, also breaking category
The unsettled birchBark unrolled into scrolls around a bare trunk. Birch bark does peel, though it does not volunteer to be read.
Brass thrillsHorns are coiled tubing and so are coasters. One only needed seatbelts to become the other.
Whale surfacing through desert sandWhales breach water. Sand is a solid that has never been told it can be swum.
Circular rowboat on dark waterA circular rowboat floats on still water. Its passengers can row without choosing a direction.