Portal

There is a space by the kitchen bench and the table
An array of metal fins mounted on small castors
Chairs have been placed around the object
On the chairs there are clothes

The sound of running water
Hair that slowly untangles and is untangled
Stained clothing on the tiled floor
Gravity straining the liquid from the fabric
Blood on the carpet in the living space darkening
Drying
Two glasses of water on the bench
One almost full
One half filled