“It is not as if,” the philosopher writes, “an I exists


independently over here and then simply loses a /you/ over there.”
independently over here and then simply loses a you over there.”
In the mist, a man rigs the /Suzelle,/ little red boat.
In the mist, a man rigs the Suzelle, little red boat.
/Loved/ labored for months, learning to tie the right knot. The exact
Loved labored for months, learning to tie the right knot. The exact
and only knot that will keep the vessel tethered. She rehearsed
and only knot that will keep the vessel tethered. She rehearsed
for the worst possible thing. “The attachment to /you,/” it is written,
for the worst possible thing. “The attachment to you,” it is written,
“is part of what composes who /I/ am.” —Nomi Stone
“is part of what composes who I am.”
—Nomi Stone

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