A contemporary poem about a door opens in the wrong place, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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A door opens in the wrong place. Behind it, the pantry has become a field. The jars remain lined up; the grass does not. I take one step into the green. When I return, the shelves are full of things I have not yet needed.
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