The Magical Language of Others

by E.J. Koh

The present is the revenge of the past.

Doing things other than writing helped him to see poetry for what it was and to understand life for what it should have been for him.

But there must be a difference between having a life and being a life. The first one, I can let go. The second, I can’t ever let go—no matter what. Maybe that’s the good news. Whether or not I keep living, I am life.”