Tom Waits poem What

Most of us have had a time where we let our imagination run away with us. This poem by Tom Waits describes an nosy neighbor who is constantly wondering what a man in his shed is building, but only has rumors to go by, which sends him in a frenzy. He tells all the wild things he’s heard about the man and describes the sounds coming out of the shed to the point it …

…years to release his Mule Variations album, just when the fan loses interest Waits surprises them with new works with a new sound unlike any other. He teaches us all a lesson about being nosy the rumors spread and we indulge them but we don’t necessarily know if there is any truth to it. So it’s better to keep things to yourself at times to create a little mystery it keeps people interested.