There is one man who is currently walking on our planet whom, though I have never actually met, will one day tell my great-great grandchildren that I met in a bar in Istanbul over apple tea. That man is Tom Waits. He makes me proud to be an American and I consider it a joy [...]
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Tom Waits on Youtube: Amazing.
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Current Events, Faith, Music, tagged Tom Waits, Youtube on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once upon a Saturday
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Faith, tagged Original Poetry on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Blue Banana
There isn’t much that turns my head more than a blue banana
I think about them most on Thursday afternooners.
This morning I ate one for breakfast
Blueberry-Banana-Blueberry-Banana
Dear Ginger – Your bread was delicious
When I stay up till five and sleep till
eleven
nothing makes me feel warmer, saner, more like a
Wednesday morning in July.
To the Man in [...]
Ode to a Mexican Flagging the Bus
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Faith, tagged Original Poetry on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Your hand was stretched out
from your body – You waved
and signaled, your feet bouncing up and down as you waited
for the crosswalk signal to
change. Your voice was silence, your English – poor.
“Do you want me to hold
the bus for you man?” says the dude with the duffel bag who
stood in the middle of the sidewalk
waiting [...]
