Adventures of Sparky. The Search for the Butterfly Tattoo

By Ira Levofsky

Sparky was at a turning point in his life.
He just retired from thirty years in the NY Subway and divorced after a marriage of nearly the same length of time.
Finding himself where so many of us do at that end of our middle age, Sparky also found that he was totally bored and all alone.
Starting to feel the extended warrantee of his body wearing out, he began a search for a magical self cure.
Sparky did what came natural to any New York City born and raised, tough, streetwise former US Navy sailor.
He figured that in his position it would need to be balls to the wall to effect change in his life and found what he thought to be the perfect comfort zone, one of gambling, booze and broads.
It was a great time for a while until that one morning when he woke up on the couch with an empty bottle of bourbon in his hand, again.
Sparky finally realized that he was now more alone than ever and getting drunk wasn’t helping. He now knew that no matter how much salt you put in the soup, it’s still just salty soup and was lost once again, drowning in boredom and booze.
Then fate dealt him a great hand and he was in the chips after a lucky gambling trip to Atlantic City.
The luckiest of his life for that matter and suddenly he had a new mission in life and had the means to chase his new found dream.
Little did he imagine that a trip to the casino, a butterfly tattoo and few words from a young NY waitress who he barely knew would set the new course of his future.
Along with his alter ego of a certain unnamed British Secret Agent, he was destined for travel, romance, adventure, excitement and danger the likes of which he had only before experienced in a drunken daydream.
Buckle up and come along on this whirlwind ride to experience the thrills, chills and company of a couple of nice broads in his quest for the butterfly tattoo.
Come on along and share in the Adventures of Sparky, I won’t tell.
Note to readers.
This story was written specifically for readers 50 and older. If you’re in your 40’s and want to see what the future holds, go ahead, take a shot and read it.
Please note that this book is being targeted to a particular audience and with regard to the subject matter within, in order to maintain absolute suitability for our age group and accommodate our unique attention spans, it has been kept brief and “wow look at that Ferrari.”
Now what were we talking about?
Well, it doesn’t really matter.
Sparky has been reborn as many of us have been or will soon be. Why not take a break and an exciting trip with the:
“Adventures of Sparky”
Be Well Have Fun Laugh Grow Old

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ira Levofsky
• Release date: May 12, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310561573

Ira Levofsky

Who is Ira D. Levofsky? He is one that believes that even though his message often third person, delivered with a heavy measure of whit, often politically incorrect and occasionally carrying a sense of artistic vulgarity carries an important message. The message that there are leaders in all walks of life who are not out enduring the heat of day, dodging the torrents of rain nor shivering from the cold while the sun sets on their assigned task. They cannot and often have never had the experience, the adrenaline driven thirst for success with each and every labor that envelopes your being, yet they lead. Though the modern day term may be Arm Chair Quarterback, the definition holds true throughout time and testament. By right of birth, serendipitous luck or earning the grade then forgetting the roots of the journey which brought them there, many sit upon their high perch directing those who will toil in their names. Their purpose, stature and often their very existence is based on your effort, your courage and your individual success at everything you do. This, my new friend, is a fact of life. The formidable challenge which I put before you in my written works as I have placed before myself daily in life is to succeed and lead in life itself, by example, deed and word. Sleep well in the fact that you have done the right thing, set the right example and completed the task at hand to the best of your ability satisfying your own expectations every day. If others shine due to your success or avoid one of life’s many pitfalls due to the lessons learned from your experience, then you are truly blessed. This is how I live and the true description of one Ira D. Levofsky which I put in place as my profile for purposes of this quick introduction. “It is easier to whisper advice from behind cover than to test its merit at the point of attack” (Unknown)

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