~ Tom WaitsDrunk on the Moon
Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
'Neath the cement stroll
Catch the midnight drift
Cigar chewing charlie
In that newspaper nest
grifting hot horse tips
On who's running the best
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
Broadway's like a serpent
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Laramer is teeming
With that undulating beat
And some Bonneville is screaming
It's way wilder down the street
Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
The night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers
Cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
And it cuts throught the night
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
22 comments:
And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
Such beautiful imagery! I can just picture the saxophone playing as the moon pours out champagne stars.
Delightful rhyme pattern and imagery. I love this one.
I love the poem and the photo is gorgeous.
oh how i love tom waits
Hi Relyn,
"And I've hawked all my yesterdays" is a good line!
Tom Waits' songs are always haunting somehow.
Wonderful image.
As I was hiking this morning I thought about how excited I would be to come home and read sunday poetry here...and then I thought how you had your big weekend and that there might not be some poetry to read. I was thrilled to pieces to see this post!
Tom Waits, one of my very favorite songwriters!!!!!! Lovely photo!
Well, this beats all, girlfriend! I adore Tom Waits!!!! You freak me out sometimes, you really do. How is it that we don't live next door to each other?
xoxo g
This is such a beautiful poem, Relyn! I hope you've had a beautiful weekend away with your sweetie.
"And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars"... I just love this...pure magic! Happy Day, Relyn :o) ((HUGS))
I love your Sunday posts...and I love Tom Waits...I still feel fortunate to have seen him at the Newport Folk Festival a few years ago...
Such wonderful "word-age" and imagery! Love that poem! And I love the moon! Did you ever see Moonlight and Valentino with our friend Jon Bon Jovi??? Lovely movie!
ah, relyn, you've picked one of my favorite songwriters and poets of our time!
"i've hawked all my yesterdays" is one of my favorite lines...we've all felt like that at some point in the grips of self-loathing and despair.
but on a happier note, THANK YOU for the darling note about the show, and i can't wait to find out who these new neighbors are...!
xoxo.
I love Tom Waits. He just gets right to the heart of it!
i am laughing, as i was reading this top to bottom i was thinking oh my, i think she has copied tom waits!! down to the bottom and there you go.
tom waits is so very brilliant. and this photo is love.
xo
your beautiful photograph compliments these lyrics so well Relyn.
What a treat to receive a blog comment from you -- such a warm, wonderful treasure!
I'm thinking that it seems to be a universal human trait, to have a love affair with the moon.
Wonderful words. Pouring champagne stars. LOVE THAT!
love this photo!!! haunting and lovely.
and i will head to itunes to check out the song --- i've never heard his music and i think i must be missing out!
hugs,
Absolutely beautiful Relyn!
hauntingly beautiful. i adore the moon!
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