Findings:

• 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.
• i thought i was special, but it was you
• I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy
• I was in heaven, I was in hell. Believed in niether but feared them as well.
• Help wanted. No previous experience necessary. Martyrdom not required but highly suggested.
• strange and too short but I was lonely
• To a girl who thought she was moving away
• There's a sign on the wall. But she wants to be sure. Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
• I'm sorry I was speeding, officer, but I really have to get to the hospital
• He stretched out his arms but she was not there
• we went to the stars, but all we found was ourselves
• I want to watch pornography, but my pornograph is broken
• When I woke up this morning, I thought I was a parallelogram. I still have a sneaking suspicion.
• She probably thought your first language was English; your real first language was Joyce
• one was giving me the eye but nothing came of it
• Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
• Somebody told me a story. It was pretty but boring. It was Saturday night, my stories usually end up that way.
• Jessica, too tall but still lovely, was not sure she would or should drop the whale
• I was pretty sure that wasn't how slasher films were supposed to end, but you won't see me complaining.
• I was shaking, but not from the cold
• but you had his eyes and that was sort of almost enough
• How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again
• I woke up and thought it was Saturday
• I want silence, but wait for the phone to ring
• Once when I got like this I thought I was building a boat
• When I was a kid, I wanted to get tuberculosis
• For 5 minutes precisely, I thought I was dead
• Noding for Numbers sure was silly, but it sure is better than Dada Fascism
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)
• I know there are other fish in the sea but I don't want them
• Things you don't want to hear (but will) when you get into bed with a girl
• I didn't read it but I want to get into the author's pants
• I wanted to show you something, but the verb sucked
• The Lord of the Rings 1/2: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Middle-earth But Were Afraid to Produce
• Not too sentimental, but I want you to know
• the desert was once alive, but I don't remember it
• words I've wanted to tell you but never seem to be able to
• There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
• The serpent was in the garden again, but there weren't any apples left in the tree, so I figured things were cool.
• People tell us who they are, but we ignore it, because we want them to be who we want them to be.
• It was hormones, it was hormones, but it was valid
• I am sorry but when you were talking I was admiring the shape of your lips and evaluating their kissability
• 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
• there are people who are gone but wanted me to be happy
• The Box Said 'Do NOT Open" But The Seal Was Already Broken
• It was a dream. But it wasn't a dream.
• /but what was the question?
• I can't remember why I thought this was a bad idea
• I Thought I Was A Child
• I don't want to be a weeping mass of emotion, but I am
• Your God does not make me want to reconsider my thoughts about suicide
• what I thought was going to be a turtleneck turned out to be a dickey
• Which was what we wanted
• Here were the words I was waiting for, without the part I wanted
• The smiles you smiled when you thought no one was looking
• Of course they want to come here. Who doesn't? Besides the people from Los Angeles, but we don't speak of them.
• Everything you ever wanted to know about theatre tech, but were afraid to ask
• When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore
• I love you, I want you, but you are a cruel monster
• I died for Beauty -- but was scarce
• Long day, all I wanted was a cup of tea
• They wrote it all in perl but it was mostly system calls
• Seems I might have stolen the blue part of her rainbow, but all I really did was make it bigger, a way bigger blue
• I was once smaller than a jellybean, but now look at me - I am macroscopic!
• 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!
• She really does want to clap along, but at the same time she doesn't want to let the bird get out.
• You want to reassure her, but you don't know where to start
• I want my trail to grow over and disappear, but now someone is reading it.
• But I don't want to be Princess Leia!
• 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.
• The Marlboro Man died of cancer, but he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
• I was burned and bleeding, but the galaxy still spun on
• I bought an orange, but it was a grapefruit
• He comforted me when he thought I needed it, but never when I really did
• The flowers smiled, but she was gone
• Longing for brief, but ever unattainable moment of... lucid thought?
• I thought I had some great insight into human nature, but I didn't
• But I don't want to pay for the obese smoking couch potato
• But I Don't Want To Take Over The World
• The real horror was not what had been redacted, but the reasons why.
• He had fallen in love, but I'm pretty sure the hellhound was only in it for the belly rubs
• He was born with the gift of logic but the inability to use it
• you never thought this would happen to you, but it did
• 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.
• I didn't have the heart to tell him I was lying about taco night, but at least the hellhound made some friends
• The virgin was looking apprehensive about the whole ordeal, but for the right amount of cash anyone will take on a horse
• Nah, these random encounters with beautiful strangers won't destroy me at all. But I guess I thought it'd be a good way to die at the time.
• 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.
• Oh, no. Look, you've gone and made me optimistic. I was before, but now it is showing.
• i wish i felt like teaching today, but i just want to be selfish
• i always want to go back. but i don't know if it's time yet. i have some things i have to do.
• I don't want to wear your skin, but I will if I catch you!
• I never wanted to burn any bridges. But I did want to light some fires.
• You can complain about athlete salaries all you want, but my voicemail is still empty.
• (and it wasn’t in my time nor yet in your time: but a very good time it was for all that)
• Reality can't be whatever I want it to be, but maybe it's not so clear-cut, you know?
• Shaymus is older than I thought he was
• Was I nearly as anti-consumerism as I had initially thought?
• Fast-talking career gal who thought she was one of the boys
• I don't know what he was listening for, but he wasn't listening
• Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
• You thought the silent treatment was as cold as it could get
• There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
• No matter where I was, whisps of you haunted my thoughts
• I Thought My Father Was God
• I thought that I wanted this. I didn't realize it would be so hollow
• I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes
• What if Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?
• The teachers thought I was insane
• The light on the bottom of the pool that you thought was real when you were a child
• This is no joke; I always thought it was a company that made trench coats.
• i saw the ugliest thing in the world and thought it was neat-o
• I didn't want to know where I was conceived
• His love was enormous; it cleared rooms that desperately wanted to be full.
• I was Dan for fifteen minutes and I never want to be Dan again
• I thought that what I was taught was true.
• more sure of all I thought was true
• Dumb laws
• but fuck, it was Sunday and the church bells hadn't even called the faithful
• Think of something you always wanted to do, but are afraid of. Do it today.
• It all turned out all right but there was so much pain along the way
• The one thing I wanted more than anything was for someone, just once, to tell me they don't know what they'd do without me
• All I wanted was a Pepsi
• I remember when it was me who made you want to take over the world and enslave humanity
• I always knew I would have a 21st birthday but I never thought I'd be 21
• butt naked
• I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you
• Mr. Butts
• Words that sound dirty but really aren't
• There is no god but God
• That'd be the butt, Bob
• Friends and lovers, but sometimes just friends
• Butt hinge
• Butt joint
• I'm no fucking Buddhist, but this is Enlightenment.
• I may not know anything but I know I'm not American
• But my computer really IS possessed
• Butt crack of dawn
• Lots of MIPS but no I/O
• Things people put up their butts
• Project B.U.T.T.
• It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome
• Sororities are nothing but social crutches
• butts ARE litter
• You may think I'm lying, but it's true
• But what are they really thinking?
• Why is there always money for war, but not for education?
• I am no doubt moving. The question now is not where, but how. My life changes everyday. Big deal.
• But I digress
• If I could slip this skin but for a moment
• Sorry, but I AM my fucking khakis
• My library books are late, but I don't care
• Sexist jokes
• Yard Butt
• Figures don't lie, but liars can figure
• Not really by the rules, but...
• No, but I'll have a beer
• Free but worthless shares
• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
• 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?
• You need a license to have a dog, but any idiot can have a child
• A little Clint Black never killed anybody, but it did evacuate the building.
• 1991-96 were more fun years, but I'll likely get more accomplished in the year 2000 alone
• But, my dear sir, if you educate them, they will no longer be Baptists
• My Mother and I Love Your Butt
• You know to me she's but a fetish
• What do girls think about guys when they catch guys staring at their breasts, but the guy is actually trying to read her shirt?

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