Field guide No. 523
The boulder’s raised echo
It landed twice.
On a mudflat, a dark boulder sits in the mud while, a little behind it, a splash of mud stands up in the shape of the same boulder. The mud remembers where it hit first.
Field noteA splash falls back in a blink. This splash of mud has set in the shape of the boulder that made it.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Seasonal twistSnow on the peaks and blossom in the valley happen in any alpine May. The hovering pretzel does not.
The unpicked noteSeeds get into pianos and some will sprout given light. Nobody has watered a Steinway yet.
Candy rain beneath a black umbrellaUmbrellas keep the rain off, not on. This one rains sweets under itself only.
Muddy footprints through the skylightFootprints belong on floors. These cross the ceiling and keep walking on sky.