Field guide No. 285
The antler-cord telephone
Call of the wild, on a party line.
A black rotary telephone sits on a pink table, its coiled cord ending not in a socket but in a pale deer antler. The forest is on hold.
Field noteCords end in plugs and antlers end in deer. Swapping the ends is wrong but not contradictory.
Also possible, also breaking category
The marble cometA marble with a silk tail is a craft project. Calling it a comet is the only overreach.
Envelopes blooming in lavender twilightStationery that grows in rows is horticulture miscast. Unprecedented, but not a contradiction.
Giant anteater feeding on forest fogAnteaters eat ants. Fog is a strange diet but not a contradiction.
Rain checkAn inverted umbrella is a bowl, and bowls float. Steering is optional.
