Field guide No. 1358
Shaking dog, frozen zigzag droplets
Every drop took the scenic route
A wet black dog shakes itself dry in a concrete yard, and the spray hangs in the air as glassy zigzag bolts. The water left in a hurry and forgot to fall.
Field noteSpray from the dog’s coat hardens mid-flight into crooked glass bolts that refuse to drop.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Upside down salamander beneath the puddleAn orange salamander clings under the water surface. Surface tension is strong, not that strong; the story holds up.
The other side of TuesdayLadders need something to lean on. Mist is not something, which is physics’ objection, not logic’s.
Rain reveals an invisible houseRain lands on what is there. Here it outlines a larger house that nobody can see, round a cottage.
Cloud in a filing cabinetCloud pours from filing drawers on a mountainside. The forecast is alphabetized.
