An Early Morning Phone Call From Tom Waits

“A trombone,
telephone,
bed springs,
and bread.

These four things
you must take buddy 
when leaving this world
for dead.

The horn is for the mercy.
A receiver for the news.
The mattress for your Rosie’s,
and cash for those ‘die for’ shoes.

Yep kid. That should cover it.”

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