Field guide No. 823
The mitten’s hidden summer
Warmth, found off-season.
An orange knitted mitten lies in a bright patch of wildflowers beneath a night sky. The flowers have taken the warmer shift.
Field noteA mitten can lie in wildflowers under a night sky. The flowers are not a date.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Tree rings across the clearingConcentric grooves spread through a forest clearing around a stump. The tree has left a map of its time there.
Torn acoustic wall reveals white feathersDown muffles sound perfectly well, so stuffing a quiet room with a flock is wasteful rather than wrong.
Midnight laundromat of sleeping mothsMoths do like linen, and drums are dark. A full load is just unusually committed.
Crystalline lightning in a basalt tide poolA branching crystal lies in a dark tide pool. The storm has left a mineral behind.