One. You are about to enter
the in-between place...
You are about to enter the
in-between place. The
in-between place is
sandwiched between the
universe where you this
minute sit reading this book
and the universe adjoining
it that you have never seen.
This in-between place is not
too different from the one
familiar to you or the one
on the other side of it that
you don’t know at all.
The moon is only
slightly larger.
The sun travels
only a slightly different
path across the sky.
The stars twinkle
in the in-between place,
although they occasionally
consider other ways to draw
attention to themselves.
In this place, two
plus two almost always adds
to four. Other mathematical
equations, on the other
hand, may not come out as
one would expect. The
experiments in science books
may defy all proven
hypotheses, theories,
postulates or principles.
Dice may roll or pirouette
or boomerang back to their
roller. The water in drains
may spin one way and then
the other.
In this in-between
place, the forests moan and
voices whisper far from the
lips that mouth the words.
And pixies bring garden
gnomes to life with a few
taps on their pointed hats.
Other than that,
it is exactly the same.
Look out your
window on a crystal-clear
morning. Step onto your
porch in the evening into a
veil of moonlight. Savor
those moments in which the
in-between place and the
world you know are so close
that they touch. And in
those moments, they might as
well be the same place.
Hopefully by now
your pulse has ceased to
race as all has been made
clear to you. But if all
you’ve just read has muddled
your thinking or caused the
palms of your hands to break
into a sweat, then now is
the time to turn back. Or
turn the page, if you
absolutely must.
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