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The Marlboro Man died of cancer, but he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
when I am King, we will have no such things, but, my lads, if the old king my father were dead, we would be all kings.
I'm sorry I was speeding, officer, but I really have to get to the hospital
When Frederic Was a Little Lad
I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
I am sorry but when you were talking I was admiring the shape of your lips and evaluating their kissability
When I Was a Lad
He made me promise I would do this when I was next sad. So I promised myself I would not be sad again.
The real horror was not what had been redacted, but the reasons why.
There was a time when I got lost wherever I went.
the cutest baker in the room was making sadfaces at me when i walked out
When again between cities was comfortable and right
There was a time when I was a better person
But life is hard when the written word is your first language
When I Was a Babe
when life was kind and we were two young wide-eyed believers
When I Was A Baby
one was giving me the eye but nothing came of it
The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!
When I was your age
Do you remember how small your body was when you were five?
When I Was Born for the 7th Time
Climbing cherry trees when I was younger
When you can almost recognize her face, but you can't remember her name
relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
The light on the bottom of the pool that you thought was real when you were a child
man when you are telling me how it was
When our word was iron
When Grandmother was finished with us
I remember when all this was trees
He was born with the gift of logic but the inability to use it
the desert was once alive, but I don't remember it
Noding for Numbers sure was silly, but it sure is better than Dada Fascism
I was in heaven, I was in hell. Believed in niether but feared them as well.
It wasn't so much a trip down memory lane as it was me carjacking someone's memorymobile and speeding off down the freeway, but I digress.
He comforted me when he thought I needed it, but never when I really did
November 4, 1995
I remember when it was me who made her toilet flush
What I wrote when I was missing David
When I was five
When I awoke, I was alone, and screaming
When I was little my mother told me not to sit close to the T.V., so when I was six I did.
He had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter
You knew I was a rattlesnake when you picked me up
strange and too short but I was lonely
collecting on old debts from when mom was a loan shark
When the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed on re-entry, I felt a deep sorrow that Cowboy Bebop was now implausible
What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt?
Remember when the modern prison system was considered progressive?
When the best rapper was white, the best golfer was black, and the tallest guy in the NBA was Chinese
there was a time when you couldn't just learn things instantly
where was your heart when we needed it most?
When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore
When he was five, his father made him murder his imaginary friend.
When you have a trip planned, but don't go, you need to cancel your reservations
It’s memories that I’m stealing, but you’re innocent when you dream
but you had his eyes and that was sort of almost enough
How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again
before the internet when teen had REAL relationship the boy could look at the girl and judge the diameter of her thorax with his feelers and determine whether the mating ritual could commence but NO MORE. evil woman use her computer sorcery
He had fallen in love, but I'm pretty sure the hellhound was only in it for the belly rubs
I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy
When you get to the top, I know what it'll seem like. But there IS someone there. There IS someone there.
Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
The virgin was looking apprehensive about the whole ordeal, but for the right amount of cash anyone will take on a horse
It was hormones, it was hormones, but it was valid
When I Was One-and-Twenty
When I Was a Boy
When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One
when you asked what I was writing, this is what it was
A poem I wrote when I was 5
Once when I got like this I thought I was building a boat
When touch was simple
It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead
Poetry you found that you wrote when you were ten but secretly still like
Back when our blood was still warm
Waiting until dusk, when it was safe
When I was young Time had no wings
I don't remember what life was like when I was seven. I like the taste of air. What should I do?
He stretched out his arms but she was not there
Oh, when I was in love with you
The class valedictorian was still tripping balls when he was bailed out in time to give the commencement speech at graduation
Some time when I was a teenager
I got the feeling the Fairy Council was mad at me when the president knocked over her coffee to get a better grip on my neck
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
And When The Sky Was Opened
Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
Where was that stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
The rock under my foot that told me I was real when I was an adult
I died for Beauty -- but was scarce
someday, when she will think back upon the time when she was as yet undishonored
They wrote it all in perl but it was mostly system calls
bringing me back to when less was worth more
when i wake up i can't remember what it was. it's so hard to smuggle something out of a dream.
It Was a Beautiful Day When Aunt Norma Died
When I was 21, he was building a Time Machine
I was supposed to be dead when this picture was taken
The flowers smiled, but she was gone
I was once smaller than a jellybean, but now look at me - I am macroscopic!
Somebody told me a story. It was pretty but boring. It was Saturday night, my stories usually end up that way.
Seems I might have stolen the blue part of her rainbow, but all I really did was make it bigger, a way bigger blue
The Firestone dealership was full to the brim with cars. But I reasoned I would need a boat, since my desire was to go to Ireland. Just then a harsh reminder surfaced; water is expensive in hell.
I was burned and bleeding, but the galaxy still spun on
that moment of panic when you flush the toilet but nothing goes down
I bought an orange, but it was a grapefruit
There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
Jessica, too tall but still lovely, was not sure she would or should drop the whale
I was shaking, but not from the cold
I was pretty sure that wasn't how slasher films were supposed to end, but you won't see me complaining.
The serpent was in the garden again, but there weren't any apples left in the tree, so I figured things were cool.
I didn't have the heart to tell him I was lying about taco night, but at least the hellhound made some friends
we went to the stars, but all we found was ourselves
/but what was the question?
but fuck, it was Sunday and the church bells hadn't even called the faithful
i thought i was special, but it was you
It was a dream. But it wasn't a dream.
This is immensely rewarding when successful, but can be an extremely intensive and difficult thing to develop and practice
the fire burned and burned; it was so great and now so much time has passed and the fire is still burning, but it requires attendance
She didn't write like Emily Dickinson, but she did live in a house overlooking a cemetery, and I guess he thought that was important.
Things you don't want to hear (but will) when you get into bed with a girl
When the lad for longing sighs
Back when grunge was still cool
Where were you when Kennedy was shot?
I remember when it was me who made her skin flush
I wonder when I learned to smile when I was being hurt
This was when I knew my childhood was over
I didn't know such things when I was young
When we was fat ( ... or, Lord Gym)
When that cow would walk it was like she was dancing
I don't know what he was listening for, but he wasn't listening
The Box Said 'Do NOT Open" But The Seal Was Already Broken
When I was ten years old
There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
It was late when he came home; it woke you up
When daddy was the handsome prince
When she was bad
When I was young
When she was new, she rolled around the sky like a black umbrella blown by the wind
When I was a kid, I wanted to get tuberculosis
When I was five years old, I knew I was going to die
The smiles you smiled when you thought no one was looking
When I was Fair and Young
Who shouted with glee when the colour blue was born?
I was throwing around useless proverbs when all she needed was to be held and told that she was beautiful
The good guys and the bad guys were on the back of the boat and I swear I only turned my back for a MINUTE but when I came back, they'd killed Mozart.
It was daylight when you looked up from your ditch
When I Was Cruel
So I was balls deep in the guy's ass that night when he turns to me and asks for a kiss. Damn. What a fag.
I'll be happier when the rain stops. But I know I'd be miserable if it never rained again.
Oh, no. Look, you've gone and made me optimistic. I was before, but now it is showing.
When I was very young, I knew that the world was made of honey.
When I was 9
and when you woke up, your goldfish bowl was empty?
When I woke up this morning, I thought I was a parallelogram. I still have a sneaking suspicion.
It all turned out all right but there was so much pain along the way
What do girls think about guys when they catch guys staring at their breasts, but the guy is actually trying to read her shirt?
I wish when I closed a book I could set it on the shelf and know it was really over
When he was little, he laughed in his sleep.
When Desire Was a Virtue
I remember when it was me who made you want to take over the world and enslave humanity
I can't remember when I fell but I love it down here
Words that sound dirty but really aren't
Butt hinge
Her sleeves ride up on her arms when she moves
Lots of MIPS but no I/O
Things people put up their butts
Project B.U.T.T.
Not really by the rules, but...
No, but I'll have a beer
Junk mail never has to spell your name right, but important stuff does
I know you are, but what am I?
You might be on a diet but you can still look at the menu
Why mirrors reverse left and right, but not up and down
I may not have had enough of me but I've had enough of you
Opposites may attract, but is it a good idea?

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