Field guide No. 138
The hinge garden
Opens both ways.
An old copper door hinge, green with age, has grown its own little garden of moss and ferns.
Field noteMoss grows on old metal left outside. This one has been left outside very well.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
The dry orchestraConch shells on music stands takes one afternoon and a beach. Strange, not unreal.
Roots under the spare stepRoots take the shape of whatever’s missing, given decades. Slow masonry, but masonry.
Moon leaveBalloons come in every shape, moons included. Sleepiness is printed on, presumably.
Departure without arrivalTwo empty frames and a ribbon is an installation, not a paradox. Galleries have shown less.
