Luna Moth on Ridge Porch Under Starlight

Frost coats the wooden porch railing and the surrounding wind-scoured ridge near Vehari in deep night. A luna moth rests on the slat, its pale green wings catching the faint ground glow beneath a canopy of stars. Giant mushrooms, their caps as wide as umbrellas, rise from the frosty earth behind the railing, dwarfing the ordinary wooden posts. The wood grain is sharp against the soft blur of the background where the impossible fungi cluster among scattered stones. one drop of melted frost rests on the tip of the moth's trailing hindwing.