notes on the chicago fire

maybe your story
is the same story that
built the sun and
set it loose on all of us

maybe my story
is the same story
that sank the sea
into the sand
and left dry mouths to wander

maybe our story
is the same story
that lit the chicago fire
laying waste to
a thousand lives
and making way
for marketing strategies
to come

maybe your story
is the same story
that led to the first
tools and the climbing
from the darkness
of man

maybe my story
is the same story
that started the water cycle
freeing rain from
an airy fate

maybe our story
is the same story
that put shakespeare's
quill to page
and turned love
on it's end

maybe this story
is the same story
that made you mean
what you said
made you feel
the way you always
seemed to feel

but then again,
if we're lucky

maybe this story
is the same story
as the one
that never meant
anything
to anyone.

maybe this story
is the same story
that turned to dust
and blew away

and maybe that's all
this story needs to be
even if your story is more
even if my story
is more.

2008-01-16 | 1:20 p.m.
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