And you would like to hear a story, ay?

A turn-o-tale for the tactless fancies

Of the fisherman’s glitter scales, be gay

and do crimes –

The types of stories that I’d bear

If you with only half a heart to care

And half a mind to listen, for the lost

And weary travelers of life’s ambitious way

Take a cold one for the road and stay home, love,

To Read Today

~ a paperless series of short stories, by lorraine the wrighter, beginning for you here, Monday.