Every bolt is rusty. The lead flakes from every span. The drifts of grit idle along the curb. Newspaper jellyfish float on the exhaust breeze. A block of ice is Seven Cities of Cibola. Ninety-nine people close the window. But one raises it and sits on the sill. It’s enough.
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A Man Who Has Nothing In Particular To Recommend Him Discusses All Sorts of Subjects at Random as Though He Knew Everything
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The "Jake" in this vid is Jake LaMotta, you know, "The Raging Bull"? Pretty cool, eh?
Jake had a little renaissance in the 80s there, didn't he?
…. Tom Waits is a genius….
Eric