Field guide No. 763
Vending machine feather avalanche
Out of order, into feathers.
In a night-time station waiting room, a blue vending machine has burst open and black feathers pour out across the floor and over the seats. Exact change only.
Field noteMachines jam and spill their stock. This one was stocked with crows, apparently, minus the crows.
Also possible, also breaking category
The unsettled birchBark unrolled into scrolls around a bare trunk. Birch bark does peel, though it does not volunteer to be read.
Brass thrillsHorns are coiled tubing and so are coasters. One only needed seatbelts to become the other.
Whale surfacing through desert sandWhales breach water. Sand is a solid that has never been told it can be swum.
Cobalt echo of an empty poolA solid blue rectangle spans an empty pool. The water has been replaced by a thought.