Field guide No. 747
The lighthouse’s black ink beam
Lighting the way, in reverse.
A red lighthouse on a dark headland throws its beam out to sea as a spray of black ink that drips into the waves. Ships will be warned of something.
Field noteA beam is light by definition. This one is black liquid, splatters and drips, and still comes out of the lamp.
- Specimen
- No. 747
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Where it doesn’t exist
- A rocky headland at dusk.
- Nearest existing relative
- A lighthouse.
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Surreal
Also impossible, also breaking category
Factory floor feeds itselfA conveyor belt is also the factory floor it carries. Production has become its own raw material.
Noonlight trapped behind the fire doorMidday light is held behind glass like a stored object, while the corridor on this side stays at night.
The missing beamA beam of light is light. Solid enough to lift a chunk out and leave it on a seat, it’s also not.
Night moth with sky filled holesHoles should show the wall behind. These open onto a sunny day, while the moth sits in the night.