Nikki Barnhart's work has been published in The Cincinnati Review, Post Road, New Delta Review, Juked, The Rumpus, and elsewhere, and been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, the AWP Intro Journals Prize, and the Pushcart Prize. She earned her MFA from The Ohio State University in 2024 and is currently a PhD student at University of Cincinnati. Find her online at nikki-barnhart.net.

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INSIGHT

bliss, eternity

By NIKKI BARNHART

I return to the perfect green field, the perfect blue sky, where it feels impossible that anything has ever ended, or ever could end.