Field guide No. 1622
Small hours
Night shows through
Red poppies grow in a rubbly lot under a blue sky, and the dark blotches on their petals are full of stars. Each flower is keeping a little night for later.
Field notePoppy blotches open onto starfields, night kept in each petal at noon.
Also possible, also breaking scale
The wind combs the barleyCombs groom hair. Drawn through a field by an unseen hand, this one is a field’s size.
Lavender hallway's impossible vacuumA vacuum cleaner faces a hallway that narrows to a distant point. The cleaning job has acquired a long horizon.
Vinyl grooves become wallsPressed vinyl could be cast this thick, though no turntable on earth would ever take one.
Switch to springA gateway shaped like a switch plate is a folly, not a paradox. Follies are allowed.