The lurking reader

In the lost world of interwebs
around the sea of fiction land
stories float and fandom boats
splash & crash on cyber-sand.

An alert on the one, two,
a favorite on the three, four,
but a review?! Duck silent—do!
—muted murmurs ‘neath the roar.

A lurking reader is unnamed
anonymous, statistical blip
not google spider, not server check
but phantom rider on ghost ship.

We speak alive, scream our words
with pen and type like sword and scythe
and yet ye disappear as fair folk do
smiling but shying, fading—flying

cyber-slurps unto the night

By Pastiche Pen

If you want to express your appreciation for my writting rather than review please read the stories I rec and leave them a review letting them know that The Lurker sent you. I am also a huge fan of fanfic so feel free to send me your recomendations as well.

Thanks