Born a small wooden boy Tom was sent to school, but got distracted and joined a traveling show instead.
Becoming disalusioned he left the theatre and ran with the wrong crowd eventually becoming a real ass.
Later he was swallowed, then escaped, from a whale.
As of late he works helping other wooden people find thier place in the world.
He still dreams that someday he'll become a real boy
I’ve lost better poems than this
Boxes crammed
Notebooks full abandoned
Under rapid retreat
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I got monkeys' on my back
But I’m not gonna send ‘em packing
It’s comforting to have them there
It’s nice to know that someone cares
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On a cold steel table
Deep in the
Antiseptic gray green brick basement of
Some government building
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