NEXT PAPERBACK WRITER - SONG FOR A DOG IN DECEMBER

I'm a cat person, but lately songs about dogs have been touching my soft chewy center.  So let others tell you about the A-side of this free holiday single from Milwaukee's Nathan Honore, I want to shine a spotlight on the virtual flip, "Song For A Dog In December".  It's a sweet little ode to life from a dog's point of view...which is mostly waiting.

​You sit there on the couch and start to stare 
The sun goes up and down and you're still there 
5 PM but might as well be 9 
I rush through the streets to get to you on time 

But Saturday's almost here 
There's sunshine near 
Saturday's almost here, my dear

And there really isn't much more to the song than that.  But for "December" in the title and some bright and shiny "ding" sounds in the song, you wouldn't think it a Christmas song at all.  But I totally get it.  Missy Katz still shows signs of the trauma from the month I spent in the hospital.  Imagine that sun going up and down for 30 days and waiting...and waiting...and waiting.  She physically can't stand to be alone, anymore.  She sleeps on my chest, which isn't always comfortable for me.  But it's like she's holding on to me with all her might.  And, no, she wasn't at all like this before my month in the hospital.  She used to be all "You're going somewhere?  Whatever."  I feel so bad for her.  Heck, I feel guilty when I go to the mailbox to get the mail.  So, please, remember your pets.  Not just at Christmas, but every day.  They're people, too.

The A-side?  That would be "Christmas Eve", which is a really nice song in it's own right.  But it's no "Song For A Dog In December".  But that's just the opinion of me and Missy Katz.  Next Paperback Hero's Christmas single is name-your-price at Bandcamp, with any proceeds raised going to the Hunger Task Force.