No rest for the two-bit wicked — Being a melodrama in sixteen parts

-Introduction-

Under any circumstances let me tell you what to do. You can read; you can listen. But if I ever notice you following my lead, you're history. I'll shut up for good.

Now, have a seat, children, and wipe your noses, for the melodrama is about to begin, even though it has already ended.

Have this in mind: it's all true, and it is not —it couldn't be. But I'm not making this up while I go babbling: you are.

One last thing, before we go, and I won't repeat it: it ain't worthy.