Field guide No. 1358

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.

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.

Specimen
No. 1358
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
a puddled concrete yard between grey walls
Nearest existing relative
a dog shaking off bathwater
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics