In memory of...
Stanman,
Fan-man,
Son of a van-man,
Odd little tran-man,
Whatever else you were, you were one of us:
A child of the universe,
A child of creation,
A child of the creator,
Therefore lovable,
Therefore loved.
I wish I had cared more when it might have made difference
I wish I had let you know you mattered,
You touched us,
You belonged.
“I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.”
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."
Stanman, fan-man, funny little tran-man,
I am less because you are no more.