for A & E

1

we tell lots of stories
 
we tell them over fire
over drinks
in groups, out loud
shouted up and out
launched freely,
loudly,
an open invitation
 
or whispered in the dark
gifts passed
between friends
and lovers
wrapped up packaged
pieces of us
 
we deal in stories
like currency
traded in life’s marketplace 
 
 
2
these stories
are our lives
shared, traded, cherished
 
and maybe
we find
a story that grabs us
compels us
that we want to hear it
forever
 
  

~ by Michael on August 20, 2008.