Field guide No. 328
Zebra stripes slip to the ground
Coming undone on the savanna.
A zebra stands on dry grassland as its stripes slide down its legs and pool on the ground like ribbons. Underneath, it was white all along.
Field noteMarkings sliding off like loose tape: hide doesn’t work that way, though nothing here contradicts itself.
Also possible, also breaking category
Room to expandBellows-shaped buildings are a structural engineer’s problem, not a philosopher’s.
Frost on the film reelFilm unwinds in long, glossy ribbons, and rivers freeze into the same. The likeness is all it needs.
The starry egg in the cartonTaken as a painted egg, it passes. Taken as a carton holding the sky, it would be a different file.
Molting umbrella on a wet shop floorUmbrellas are made, birds moult. A category slip with a handle.