Sublime

The world is full of islands, said Cruso once. His words ring truer every day.

‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ In other words, is what happens to my brother my responsibility? To this eternal human dilemma, Michael, a boy sold into slavery in sub-Saharan Africa, simply answered yes.

And so,

He was an unattractive creature with his clothes on; in the nude I thought he looked something like a goat.