THE TENTH MAN : 8




Closing-in. III


Identity


Could there be other-than-self
That has not, does not need or know, a self?
Could there be self
That has not, needs not or does not know, other-than-self?

Seeking for himself,
What could self find but other,
Seeking for other,
What could self find but himself?

For other is the absence of self,
And self is the absence of other.


(© HKU Press, 1966)
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