How to tell a story

How to tell a story

Friday, April 12, 2013

Most who die

the most who die
the more we live
was written by
e. e. cummings

I once had the surreal
experience of hearing
a deranged undergraduate
explain how this is
a celebration of
serial killing

no, no, no

cummings reminds us
that life gets defined
by death
the more exposure
we have to death
the more precious
life becomes
the most who die
the more we live

and this applies
not only to
our bodies
minds too
can die

the most who err
the more we think
(and we need thinking
more than ever)