Field guide No. 1617
Shadow boxing
Plate, shadow, separate plans.
A chipped white plate rests on a battered blue enamel table. Its shadow has come loose as a black ribbon that loops away across the table.
Field notePlate shadow peeled off as a twisting ribbon, looping across the enamel on its own errand.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Black flame in a stone hearthA black flame rises from a match in the hearth. It has requested a coal allowance.
Unzipped tideA dry strip through the sea, waves held up on both sides. Water does not stand in walls, but these are consistent.
Air dryPegs and lines are dependable. Clouds, unfortunately, are not something you can grip.
Orbital ring through lunar terrainRings form from dust far out in orbit. This one is still peeling up off the moon’s ground, rocks and all.