Everyday Canvas

Doorknobs

Prompt: Doorknobs. Write anything you want about these.

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Doorknobs are useful in facilitating or blocking passage. Then, there are doorknobs that are invisible, which can only be seen by their owners who put doors between themselves and the outside world. Such a doorknob inspired this poem, today.


how do I let myself out or let someone in
with a grip limp, ambivalent
maybe I need a strong nudge, a catalyst
but I never budge
on tottering promises
so I glower, in vain,
at the brass doorknob
--polished with germ-free wishes--
holding
this exiled poet's forgotten door
motionless