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The Tao of Joe

Joe and I sit outside the used bookstore watching what Saturday does to the Southside. I’m trying to smoke his cigarettes faster than he can smoke mine.
“Hey,” he says.
“What?” I say.
“Do you see that apartment building over there?” he says.
“Which one?” I say.
“That one,” he says, “the brown one with the puke coloured balconies.”
“Yeah. What about it?”
“How many people do you think live there?”
“Jesus Joe, I don’t know, hundreds maybe thousands. I don’t want to do the arithmetic. Why?”
“Well, it occurs to me,” he says (stroking his silly goatee in that thoughtful way that he has), “that that ain’t nothing but a filing cabinet for people.”
I think about that.

“Jesus Joe, next latte is on me.”

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from Something Wicken This Way Comes, released January 1, 1995
Wicken: Vocals

Written by Scott Wicken. Engineered by Dave Mockford. Produced by Dave Mockford and Scott Wicken. Executive Producer Bryan Becker.

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Scott Wicken Waterloo, Ontario

Scott Wicken is a singer/songwriter/musician/spoken word artist/poet based in Waterloo, Ontario. He's been part of the artistic/musical communities in Vancouver, Yellowknife, Edmonton and has performed in bars, cafes, art galleries and festivals across Canada. His work pays special attention to the lyric. Currently, he is a member of City'N'Eastern, an acoustic trio of original music. ... more

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