Stunning Sentences

Dissolving an "I" into a "You"

"Bartow Station," by Jamel Brinkley

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Nina Schuyler
Oct 19, 2024
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So deeply lost in the meadow you surrender all sense of not only where you are but also, briefly, who.

“Bartow Station,” by Jamel Brinkley, from the collection Witness

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