and she waited for an answer
but it wasn’t what she expected
it wasn’t a new car
or a bowling ball
or some chinese junk
that she could sail

no the answer was no
because Tom Waits is not god
he is better than that
he gave her a song
and for that she is thankful

TOMMY TWILITE is the co-founder and director of the Florence Poets Society, and the host of the Twilite Poetry Pub on WXOJ 103.3 FM valleyfreeradio.org.  He is recently retired after a 30+ year career as a firefighter/EMT.  Tommy hopes to keep writing poems and making up songs for a long time to come.