Field guide No. 941
Uncreased ghost of a crumple
A crumple that never happened
A delicate folded-paper form hangs over a worktable in an industrial studio. It resembles a crumpled sheet that has never been allowed to collapse.
Field noteA folded paper form holds the shape of a crumple without a crease. It has remembered the collapse but not the damage.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Padlock shelled hermit crabA crab will live in anything hollow that fits. A padlock is hollow enough, if heavy.
Ladder vanishing into a pillowA metal ladder descends into a pillow in an empty pool. The landing has been made softer.
The land exhalesPale vapour rising from a volcanic crack at dusk. Steam vents do exactly this; here it is merely said to be a breath.
Moon leaveBalloons come in every shape, moons included. Sleepiness is printed on, presumably.