Field guide No. 137
The teabag lighthouse
Steeping until morning.
A glowing teabag stands on a rock in a dark sea, its string and paper tag trailing into the waves.
Field noteLighthouses stand on rocks and glow; teabags only stand in cups. The steeping is the problem.
Also possible, also breaking scale
After hours at the colanderPerforated domes make good restaurants and better lanterns. The pasta never had to know.
The sand keeps scoreWind ripples dunes already; this one copied a thumb at a few thousand times life size.
Away gameSpheres can be made big; holding a planet’s worth of rubber aloft is the snag.
Under lock and leafGardens shrink to fit almost anything. Glass padlocks are rarer, and lock very little.