Tagged: stories
stories nest inside
stories nest inside
stories nesting inside other
stories – when one of
them loses shape, we become
on the verge of collapsing
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a meditation
a meditation
on the threads that carry our
stories – the shapes that
lie beneath, the shapes to come,
not without some finger pricks
.
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your stories live on
your stories live on
long after you have left us –
grandma’s great pot of
dill, simmering on the stove,
its scent fueling new memories
.
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one by one, fallen
one by one, fallen
icons are reborn, time and
again – we retell
tales and make up stories to
fill in the glamorous gaps
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in the grand stand of
in the grand stand of
life, we trade cheers and solace,
spread myths and rumors
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fake it till you make
fake it till you make
it – these and other stories
are the water we
breathe, the air we swim in, the
myths they sell us for a deal
.
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from outside looking
from outside looking
in, it’s easy to construct
stories that keep us
small, from inside looking out,
it is even easier
.
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perhaps nothing good
perhaps nothing good
ever comes from an over-
seas phone call – the same
immigrant stories – reasons
to come home, reasons to stay
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as long as we hold
as long as we hold
people who are not like us
at bay, we will be
less – less storyful, less agile,
less colorful, less human
.
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untold stories, when
untold stories, when
left untold, build up like plaque,
hastening decay
.
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