Field guide No. 1248
Upward rain beneath the canopy
The weather files its own report.
Drops of water rise from a wet platform floor under the rusted iron canopy of a country railway station. The sky outside is a cloudless blue.
Field noteDrops rise off a wet platform under a blue sky. Rain falls from clouds; this has neither, and contradicts nothing.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Geese carve green furrows through cloudsGeese leave nothing behind but noise. These plough the clouds in rows, neat enough to sow.
Pollen sparks a rust bloomPollen can scatter across metal and rust can spread. The flower leaves its mark at a distance.
Frozen water crown on dry brickSplash with no water to have come from: a crown hangs on a dry wall beside an empty car park.
Stone balanced on a flattened soap bubbleSoap film can bear a little weight on a cushion of air. A boulder is asking a great deal of it.
