Field guide No. 608
Violet crystal wall between clear puddles
Freshly mopped, freshly mined.
On the wet tiled floor of an empty industrial kitchen, a low wall of violet crystals snakes across the room through the clear puddles. The mop is somewhere underneath.
Field noteAmethyst grows slowly in rock. This seam has come up through a mopped kitchen floor overnight.
Also possible, also breaking category
Peeling sky over a derelict telescopeSkies don’t have a backing. This one peels at the corner like wallpaper and shows plywood behind.
Soft landing on the dockA seal rests on weathered boards beside dark water. The marina gained a passenger.
Laundry room buttonhole blossomsShirts button up with white blossoms growing from every buttonhole.
The orange committeeSplit oranges can be arranged round a teapot by anyone with a knife. The quorum is implied.