Storiform Grand tried on a story

Photo from author’s collection, he thinks

Storiform Grand went lookin’ for stories
Couldn’t see any as far as he went
Looked in at Tiff’ny’s
Peeked in at Harrod’s
But it wasn’t in icies
And ‘twasn’t in tents

Storiform thought about writin’ bout failure
But couldn’t decide on his own or a friend’s
Thought he could read in…