Field guide No. 1203
Stormclouds instead of berries
Overcast, with a chance of jam.
A bramble hedge bears small dark stormclouds where berries would be, a few of them forking with purple lightning. Picking is not advised and neither is jam.
Field noteSmall dark stormclouds hang where berries would be. Picking is not advised, nor jam.
Also possible, also breaking category
Peeling sky over a derelict telescopeSkies don’t have a backing. This one peels at the corner like wallpaper and shows plywood behind.
Small talkTwo megaphones face across a court with a stone ridge between them. The conversation lost common ground.
Laundry room buttonhole blossomsShirts button up with white blossoms growing from every buttonhole.
The orange committeeSplit oranges can be arranged round a teapot by anyone with a knife. The quorum is implied.