
Bathers by Paul Cézanne. Wikimedia Commons.
Just as the child, by sleep already possessed,
Drops in his quiet bed, eager to rest,
But begs you: “Don’t go yet; tell me a story” –*
Are you more than a confluence of time and space? One poet's reflections on the meaning and role of identity today.

Bathers by Paul Cézanne. Wikimedia Commons.
Just as the child, by sleep already possessed,
Drops in his quiet bed, eager to rest,
But begs you: “Don’t go yet; tell me a story” –*