ORAL HISTORY
We’re all historians -
to a degree - standing
and sitting in life’s classrooms -
telling others our story -
what we saw, whom we met,
what it might have meant -
because now we’re looking back.
Written history…. Some books
are better than others - especially
autobiographies - self-written ones -
skip the ghosts. Where it’s at
is oral history…. being told
in kitchens, bars, fireplaces,
since the beginning of our story.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2017
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