Field guide No. 1379
Tender gravel
Hatching season for stones
A plain of red earth is dotted with shallow hollows, each holding a broken white eggshell. Every pebble seems to have hatched and wandered off.
Field noteEggshell halves sit in hundreds of small dimples across red earth, as if the gravel itself had hatched.
Also possible, also breaking category
Cedar house pulled from a grassy hillsideHills are not chests of drawers. This one slides a whole cedar house out on runners, handle included.
Tied up for the afternoonA red fox sleeps on straw in a barn. The afternoon has been reserved.
Rain turns to feathersRaindrops become white feathers on the way down and land on the court.
The last drop of inkTaps deliver liquids and this delivers rope. Plumbing confused with haberdashery, not a paradox.
