Entre Nous, No Other Ocean

Immersive journalism,
Immersive theater, or
Virtual reality—

Wait, also participant
Observation—all of these
And many similar kinds

Of trying to get inside
Other worlds and other minds—
Are not so much in danger

Of losing their own bearings,
Going native, though they are,
And mostly not in danger

Of unseemly cultural
Appropriation (some are),
But at risk of puzzlement,

Bewilderment, bemusement.
Being never not immersed,
Can you ever understand

You’re not digging into worlds
To comprehend their strangeness
But to pretend there's choosing?