Field guide No. 923
Swallows vanish through the sky tear
A tear through which birds can leave
Swallows fly through a narrow black tear stretched across a grey sky. The clouds have left a door ajar.
Field noteSwallows pass through a black slit stretched across the sky. The clouds have left a door ajar.
- Specimen
- No. 923
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Breaks
- Material
- Where it doesn’t exist
- A grey open sky.
- Nearest existing relative
- A flock of swallows.
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Surreal
Also impossible, also breaking material
Impossible ceramic knot between two cupsGlazed handles that were fired solid are tied through each other, which a kiln does not allow.
The open door of airA door is whatever stops you. This one is made of air, so it is shut and open at once and stops nothing.
Tidepool lobster’s magnifying clawsLobster shell is hard, red and anything but clear. These claws are glass lenses and still pinch.
Projector light becomes velvet curtainA projector beam gathers into a heavy purple curtain. Light has acquired a hem.