Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for April 26, 2018

  1. Thrill
    fritzoid Premium Member over 6 years ago

    What’s he building in there?

    What the hell is he building

    In there?

    He has subscriptions to those

    Magazines He never

    Waves when he goes by

    He’s hiding something from

    The rest of us He’s all

    To himself I think I know why

    He took down the

    Tire swing from the Peppertree

    He has no children of his

    Own you see He has no dog

    And he has no friends and

    His lawn is dying and

    What about all those packages

    He sends. What’s he building in there?

    With that hook light

    On the stairs. What’s he building

    In there I’ll tell you one thing

    He’s not building a playhouse for

    The children what’s he building

    In there?

    Now what’s that sound

    From under the door?

    He’s pounding nails into a

    Hardwood floor and I

    Swear to god I heard someone

    Moaning low and I keep

    Seeing the blue light of a

    T.V. show

    He has a router

    And a table saw and you

    Won’t believe what Mr. Sticha saw

    There’s poison underneath the sink

    Of course But there’s also

    Enough formaldehyde to choke

    A horse What’s he building

    In there. What the hell is he

    Building in there? I heard he

    Has an ex-wife in some place

    Called Mayors Income, Tennessee

    And he used to have a

    Consulting business in Indonesia

    But what is he building in there?

    What the hell is he building in there?

    - “What’s He Building?” Tom Waits
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  2. Thinker
    Sisyphos  over 6 years ago

    That’s about it. That’s the truth about life among the D.C. denizens…..

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