Field guide No. 175
The slowest applause
Encore, eventually.
A sunflower glistening with water opens against a black background as a single drop falls from a thin thread of droplets above it.
Field noteDroplets on a thread hang a little too politely. Otherwise a sunflower and some water, both real.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Air dryPegs and lines are dependable. Clouds, unfortunately, are not something you can grip.
The seam in the seaCord could, in principle, be laced through water. The water would decline to stay shut.
A featherweight decisionAnvils do not float. Tying one down is sensible; the floating is physics’ oversight.
Pebbles return to the skyPostboxes don’t launch stones and stones don’t climb. Gravity objects; logic doesn’t.