Field guide No. 726
Spiderweb holds a rusted anchor
Caught something at last.
Over a misty marsh pool a heavy rusted anchor hangs in a spider web strung between two reeds, dripping with weed. The spider has not come back to look.
Field noteSilk between two reeds is holding a ship’s anchor off the water. The reeds have not bent either.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Grayscale dog sheds a golden sprayA grey dog shakes golden liquid across a red court. The ball became a weather event.
Autumn leaves cast summer shadowsMaple leaves blowing over salt each cast the shade of a full-grown tree.
Cutlery at low tideForks do drip. Four steady streams with no source is where hydraulics walks out.
The radiator's impossible staircaseHeat shimmers and is gone. Above this radiator it climbs the wall as a glowing staircase.
