Okay, this is OT, but an artistic intervention is needed.
WRITE!!!!!!!
YES, YOU!!!
That was a lovely story, and I was a little sad when it was over, as brief as it was.
Please do us all a favor and WRITE!
Then ping me to it when you do. Whether its on a personal blog or self-published work — or you could take my advice, write it and sell it. Any editor with a brain could see your talent.
I”ve been thinking about it; stories based on things my dad used to say to me and words that have stuck in my head even when they didn’t make sense at the time - just the mutterings of a weathered machinist with grimy nails, sweaty clothes and a fondness for beer that rocked him to sleep one night too many.
The last time I saw him, he stood there straight and proud upon his back, that stern, worn face unmoving as he watched the lid close on an uneventful life.
Maybe, someday.
Thanks, Ken