By Joyce Jacobo
[Author’s Note: Estrangement, or approaching something as if from an unfamiliar perspective, is actually a fun writing technique. Through estrangement, you can ask questions such as how you might describe a microwave if you had never seen one before, or even how you would explain clouds if no one had ever told you about them. The most mundane things gain a new life, in a way, and it’s fantastic.]
A tall rectangular object
stands made from wood
with a bronze knob
positioned to the right
side of its viewed surface
Turn the knob
and pull
to reveal a reality
different than the one
in which you reside
Step
into
that
reality
find an identical knob
(on the other side)
push it until a click rings out
and hides where you have been
On some of these portals
you can twist another knob
that locks them against entry
by others
or unlocks them to allow
for easy access
Found in many structures
throughout a much broader world—
all made by hand
or machine
To move
between
one state
(and)
the next.
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