tom waits
drives into my head
like the growl of streetcars
flat
not high
close to the ground
rough
tom waits' voice
fag busted
whiskey rasped
careless
a tribute to the man of the street
exalted by ordinariness
tapping out its own path's beat
skin taut
Alexander Duncan
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tom-waits-voice/
