Enjoy Every Sandwich

Warren Zevon appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman in October of 2002. I drew my remembrance of the appearance below. ( Apologies to Dave, who has been rendered here in a way that kind of makes him look like Richard Nixon. This was not intentional, but here we are. I’m still learning. )

Zevon had appeared on Letterman’s show many times through the years …

… but this time was different. Zevon knew he was going to die.

He was walking through the final days of a diagnosis with terminal cancer. What could’ve been deeply unsettling instead became something deeply compelling. Something that has remained with me for years. The two talked about music and family, but also life and death . It was all somehow beautiful and human and … also funny and incredibly moving. All at once.