Journal

Essays from where I am, and places I carry with me.

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The Second Book

I went looking for the second book in the dark.

Michal Polgár 5/14/26 Michal Polgár 5/14/26

One year is not very long. And one year is enough.

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I grew up riding into the forests south of Handlová at night. The dark has come north with me.

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I had written Kongit into a book before I had ever seen it. In December I went there to meet Linnet’s family.

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I came to the island without my instruments. What I had put into music went into a book instead.