ETERNAL FLAME

https://suno.com/song/2d82427b-deaa-445f-9df2-6520be9b6e48

～～～HI THIS IS PING WRITE
FROM PACIFIC OCEAN FRONT～～～

3/6/00

FROM PROF KEEN

DEAR PING：

HOW VERY NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU。BUT EVEN MORE TO THE POINT，YOUR POEM！WELL WHAT CAN I SAY？OF COURSE NO AMERICAN READING THIS KNOWS MUCH ABOUT THAT OF WHICH YOU SPEAK。OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN MADE TRIVIAL BY OUR WEALTH，AND WHILE THE TRAGEDY YOU STILL HAVE TO FACE，
BECAURSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE CHINESE，MAKES AMERICAN TRIVIALITY IN TO AN ALMOST COMIC RIDICULOUSNESS。

THE DEPTH OF YOUR SERIOUSNESS，YOUR PASSION，YOUR LONGING AND THE STEADY INSISTANCE ON DEALING WITH IT INSTEAD OF LOOKING THE OTHER WAY，ALL THESE SCREAM OUT FROM THE PAGE AS I READ YOUR POEM。

OUR WEALTH HAS，IN FACT DEAFENED US TO THE SCREAM OF TRAGEDY，AND YOU YOURSELF MUST SEE THAT WE OFFER YOUR PRAISE FOR YOUR POETY，BECAUSE WE RECOGNISE POWEFUL WORDS WHEN WE SEE THEM。BUT REMEMBER WE KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT YOUR WORDS SPEAK，AND OUR WEALTH PROTECT US FROM EVER KNOWING。WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW。AND I FEAR
WE MAY BE COME TO KNOW IT，IF AT ALL，AS VICTIMIZERS，NOT AS VICTIMS。WE REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU SPEAK，AND WE ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THAT。

LEAVING NO DOUBT ABOUT THE QUESTION，YOU ARE THE ANSWER。IF NOT FOR YOURSELF，THEN FOR OTHERS。READ OTHER POETS AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN。I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU。

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08873267.2011.542343