From Request Line at Noon…
“We were friendly,
Inconsiderate.
Everyone moved forward to an end.
You lost your love
And I skipped rope.
The surging music
At the minimum altitude of my soul;
The music from the “Request Line At Noon”
We were always
Flowing away regularly.…”
—Lee Jangwook
Translation by Sun Kim
and Tsering Wangmo