Findings:

• I stared into the muddled sky with tears running down my face in small rivers, and I knew then that there was no hope
• There Was a Child Went Forth
• There Was No Leak
• The serpent was in the garden again, but there weren't any apples left in the tree, so I figured things were cool.
• There was always the blue of you
• it was ok back then
• There was a man who lived a life of fire
• Yet is there hope, then Love but play thy part
• He had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter
• Death was a part of me then, too.
• And then Satan said, Let there be cricket ball.
• There was a man and a woman
• There never was a body that gave the undertaker a tip
• Just standing there, wearing my boxers, in my driveway. I was watching the stormfront. You were watching me.
• that starfish that you threw back in the sea was already dead and the parent seagull had nothing to take to the newly hatched chicks who then starved
• Where's the kaboom?
• I worked at the mall in the 80s. There was a cult that used to recruit out on the front steps.
• I Was Looking at the Ceiling And Then I Saw the Sky
• There once was a chicken named Alice
• There was a moment of drunken silence
• The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.
• 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.
• In the end it did not matter. The ocean was still there.
• Unfortunately, there was no applause
• There was a little girl
• can it be that it was all so simple then
• There was a rose that faded young
• There was this one great night at Alice's house,
• There was an old lady
• and there was this girl
• Johnny Clueless was there, with his Simulated Wood-Grain
• No one learned anything, because there was nothing to learn.
• There is magic in this world
• There Was a Desert in My Head
• There was a time when I got lost wherever I went.
• There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
• Was it ever there?
• There Once Was a Farmer
• Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
• Then you could make out every time there's a Jewish holiday!
• Where there was fire I brought the gasoline
• Two of them. Hovering there like bloated gas giants in the heavens. Good God, it was beautiful.
• Go then. There are other worlds than these.
• There was once a Man
• Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
• He stretched out his arms but she was not there
• Why, Martha, for the longest time there was no railway station in Slough!
• There are places in this world where mundane, forgotten things have learned to weave their own magic
• There was a man with tongue of wood
• There was a cold day
• Before inertia, there was impetus
• Then again, maybe he was recruiting for a cult
• I washed dishes with the Chinese FBI then was an extra in a cursed movie
• There Was a Man of Double Deed
• So there I was, naked and hiding, facing the dissertation committee from the Isle of Lesbos
• It all burned up in the fire there was nothing left
• He thinks a path and travels the emptiness that was there
• There was a time before
• Before you, there was me
• If it was still then-
• There was a land where lived no violets
• One hour there was sunlight
• There was a baby in China
• There was a young lady of Riga
• Well, I was tired of being 24 anyway, so there
• His collection of substances that should not exist was stolen. The thieves then killed themselves 1000 times over.
• the dead had risen, and there was nobody to pump gas
• That Was Then, This is Now
• And then night was here, after a day of measured breathing, and I could forget about breathing because the waiting was done
• I think I fell in love with her right then and right there
• There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
• Now and Then, Here and There
• 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.
• There was a time when I was a better person
• No shit, there I was
• It all turned out all right but there was so much pain along the way
• Her innocence fell. She kicked at it some, frowned, and left it there because it was beautiful.
• It was all awesome. Then the robots took over.
• There was never supposed to be an Episode 7, 8, or 9
• There once was a man from St. Paul
• And Then There Were None
• There once was a girl named Irene
• Wheresoever he went, there was Eden
• I was there
• A knock there was upon the door
• Once there was a bug in a hole that he dug
• it was true then
• I should ask my barber where he gets his hair cut, then go there and slowly make my way up the chain
• relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
• the magic that was meant to capture the outlaw instead transformed him into a monster
• I remember, there was one
• There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
• There was no one waiting for me...
• Where I'm From, You'd Think There Was a Tea Party Going On in the Hostess Dumpster
• This was then, and now I can't even find your grave
• there was at that moment no one more rightful dead than that unknown and faceless man
• There Was A Friend
• Once there was a way...
• I said I was sorry. Then she looked at me.
• Was There a Time
• I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now
• So I turned round and there was an inflatable man sat at the table
• there was a time when you couldn't just learn things instantly
• nor was there anything to be attained that you didn't already have
• This is the time. The time was now. And now is then. This was the time.
• There is no suck, only blow
• there's good and bad in being a database administrator
• I hate Creed--Or how I know there are 52 Advil in my apartment
• There is neither mastery nor slavery except as it exists in the attitude of the soul toward the world
• She just sat there
• The envelope held fingernail parings and a note which read, "There are more where these came from"
• There is no time paradox
• If there is a God, I want him on Speed Dial.
• Some things that fly there be
• I take a long time to ejaculate. Do I have a problem?
• Go where there is no snow
• There is Nowhere Left to Go When You're The Handsomest Man in the World
• There are roughly three billion women in the world, most of whom won't even return my calls
• There will never be another you
• There is good rap music
• The real reason there are no third parties in American politics
• There are no finish lines for hearts that race.
• I'm Going to Go Back There Someday
• There are 74 genuinely good people left in the world, and most of them are a painful bore.
• So I'm wrestling with the demoness while the priest is trying not to soil his vestments, and Faust is just sitting there like an idiot
• there are other forms of insanity
• there are others like us
• There is creativity and craft, in all peoples and all times
• the seven hills of Rome
• That was a joke, son.
• Was Jesus resurrected as the Easter Bunny?
• Why I didn't get my driver's license until I was 18
• Jesus was Mexican
• She moved so easily all I could think of was sunlight
• After all, the Bible says Jesus' first miraculous sign was to make 180 gallons of wine for a party!
• When I Was a Boy
• How my Father was excommunicated from the LDS Church
• If a black hole were created on Earth
• Before Time Was
• In a quiet grove of pines under a frosty sky, he helped her out of the sack. She wore severe white hospital pajamas and was beautiful.
• Jessica, too tall but still lovely, was not sure she would or should drop the whale
• He was confirming to himself that they were laughing with him after all
• One big happy random assortment of truckstop trinkets
• The Man Who Was Thursday
• It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead
• As an Atheist, I sometimes wish I were Jewish
• I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas
• If love was a circus, you'd be a clown
• A dose of mystery slipped into her cocktail while she was in the ladies' room
• As It Was Made, It Shall Remain
• In the end, it was a Good Thing that I rushed Pierre.
• I Fell Out of School, and All I Found Was This Necklace
• i think it was (user)
• btw, I was raised on Twinkies, I'm certain it made a lasting effect
• It was always about words
• It was beauty killed the beast.
• We did not know it was a war
• magic potion
• he was a punk poet himself
• Magic Hat
• Waldo & Magic, Inc.
• magic blue cock
• The Structure of Magic
• This is as real as magic gets
• The Magic Faraway Tree
• The thing about magic
• Magic Against Magic
• The Magic Ray
• The Isle of the Magic Flower
• it is a mistake to believe magic unreal. it is a mistake to believe magic exists.
• What time do you call this, then?
• 'Tis better to die as a lion than to live 1000 years as a dog

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