The Earth Died Screaming

Sudden Rise in Hobo Population Attributed to Tom Waits

“He makes it so danged attractive!”

Gary Chapin
Published in
4 min readMar 19, 2021

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Tom Waits as “Rudy” in Ironweed (image IMDB)

The US Department of Labor released a report discussing alarming spikes in the nation’s hobo population. The spikes, seeming random, occurred at varying times and locations through 2018, the last year for which the Department has data.

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Poet. Humorist. Storyteller. MuddyUm editor. I write. I have always written. I play accordion. I have an extraordinary ability to be fascinated by things.