Fiction and the Reading Public

Give me a thrill, says the reader,
Give me a kick;
I don't care how you succeed, or
What subject you pick.
Choose something you know all about
That'll sound like real life:
Your childhood, your Dad pegging out, 
How you sleep with your wife.

But that's not sufficient, unless 
You make me feel good - 
Whatever you're 'trying to express'
Let it be understood
That 'somehow' God plaits up the threads, 
Makes 'all for the best',
That we may lie quiet in our beds 
And not be 'depressed'

For I call the tune in this racket:
I pay your screw,
Write reviews and the bull on the jacket - 
So stop looking blue 
And start serving up your sensations 
Before it's too late;
Just please me for two generations - 
You'll be 'truly great'.