December 2010
Make Sure You Know When the Water's Boiling
Image by Adrian Boot via www.tomwaits.com
Once upon a time there was a man from Crocker, Missouri who had two left feet and only one thumb. People called the man “The Crock,” because of where he was born. What they didn’t know was that he’d been born on a cruise liner in the middle of the Black Sea during what can only be called “a delicate hostage...
The Pink Sky
from www.tomwaits.com
Long ago, when love still ruled The beasts and fen and gladdened trees A child lived beneath the Earth Between the mantle core and bitter crust Asleep, awake, in fitful dreams It cried for release and wished for joy, For love could not reach it there. In cold and damp and empty places Baby child could never grow Or learn to trust the broad blue sky Nor the firmness of the...
November 2010
103
Pages of the new book, and I’m releasing the title tomorrow. It’s starting to feel a bit like…awesome?
I still don’t like December.
