Help

Why does he talk to me, X asks me, has he ever answered that question? Does it help to talk? Not especially, he says, and what would it help anyway? He guesses it’s good to have had expressed something accurately for yourself, if not for anyone else, never mind beautifully. But has he expressed anything accurately? he asks. Has he expressed anything at all? Nothing, perhaps, except his inability to express himself, despite or because of his effort to be accurate. And that’s a thought that helps, he says, perhaps he has said something after all.