Field guide No. 1514
The short straw
Its shadow got the short neck
A giraffe stands on orange dirt at low sun, and its long shadow has a short, stubby neck. One of the pair drew the short straw.
Field noteLow sun should stretch a giraffe’s neck across the ground; this shadow got the neck of a pony.
- Specimen
- No. 1514
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Breaks
- Physics
- Where it doesn’t exist
- Open red dirt at sundown, no trees to browse.
- Nearest existing relative
- A long evening shadow.
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Surreal
Also impossible, also breaking physics
Flames within the icebergA fire inside ice that doesn’t melt it is both hot and not hot at the same place.
Open orchard door, floating hardwareIts handle and lock still hang where the shut door would be, while the door itself stands wide open beside them.
Waterfall severed above a silent poolWater that falls keeps falling. This stops in a ruled line in mid-air, and the pool goes without.
Reflection lifts a river mud slabMud slab rests on its own reflection, which has turned solid and bears the weight.