on the walk yesterday and today we passed what had been a tall young tree … someone had chopped it down … really hacked at it … we imagined what kind of drunk kid it would take to murder a tree … angry kid … take that, dad kind of kid … impulse to wreck break shatter smash trash kill … old in the mind of man … going on all over the planet … all over our place

some folks got to see tom waits down there in nashville on saturday night … and i just discovered he’ll be in chicago on 9 aug … wednesday … o well … i must not be much of a fan to not know that … o well … i did see him once … back in the day …

but jilly saw him …

and chez bez saw him …

and the homeless guy saw him …

and danny “shakey” applegate saw him …

and she saw him … and he saw him … and he saw him … and she saw him … and they saw him (and took moving pictures with sound) … and he saw him … and many others, too …no doubt

and if you can … check out the video here … waits on letterman … thanks for posting it, kevin!