There is not one story
that is worth
the paper that it is printed on
for they are all worth
just so much more

Even one so simple as the dust settling to the ground
can reveal a piece of a man
that he has never before mentioned
A grumble from a widow
a teenager's maudlin sigh
They are All meaningful!
Every last one!

If you take the time to listen
to think
to remember
to contemplate
how amazing is it,
that we can all have such similar experiences,
so close to our own that we can touch the memory
and yet
with the slightest riff
like a little pop of jazz
through only the words of another
we can live
something else