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Eye contact at a distance
Let's run away to where the shooting stars fall and meet them when they land
You know a writer has made it when they stop posting on e2
I cried when he threw away the paper towel on top of the microwave
they are waiting for us to return to them, beneath and away
when they take my blood
When at last I found no further traces of the living or the dead, then I stopped.
play at a game of constantly being wrong with a priceless set of vocabularies
What would aliens think if they talked to an average western human being?
When people say "All-American", they seldom mean me.
When they come they'll eat the fat ones first
Two Golden Rules of Being a Woman
Sometimes birds are lions and prides of pigeons shake the ground when they roar.
The Rules of the Game
Fragments of the world are falling away, and we're tripping over the holes they leave behind
When I stop going there, I will be well.
Too many people say nothing when they mean "I love you"
What people talk about when they can't think of anything to talk about
When Chopin finished a piece he stopped writing it
The boys did not know it. They were just being beautiful, and I got to watch.
When Good King Arthur Ruled This Land
The game we play is life, and there are no rules save the ones we make
On Being a Games Artist
stop being so English
When they say "Gotta have it!" they mean it!
Scientist hits head on curb joke
Where do dogs get their Vitamin C from, when they don't eat fruits?
they threw my cape on the roof
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
it's hard to turn away when it feels like she's singing directly to you
What people really mean when they say "Justice for X"
remember, when they look right through you, you're still there
The first and last time I threw away all my secular music
the moment when they take possession of you
Crawling through festering flesh, hungry and, yearning, they wait for the day they will tear away from the dark.
You can't stop thinking of her: this is how you explained it, a proof of your being in love.
I'm ceded--I've stopped being Theirs
'cause when you try to make it stay, that's when it surely slips away
Beings from space: What could they want?
I never remembered my dreams until they started being about you
When is a monkey's orgasm more than just fun and games?
when i get my shit together i'm going to rule this town
Game Master Rules of Admonition
The Day They Gave Babies Away
When the one you love can't stop doing something you hate
Children who are born blind still smile when they are happy
They just kind of went away
I thought ALL women looked for a wedding ring when they talked to ANY man
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
When are you going to stop running?
Right-wing doesn't automatically mean racist
When left long enough, students will always discuss cartoons they watched as kids
You know you've been away from home too long
When they cut through the mountains to lay highways
You are brave and wonderful even when they nuke the damn thing.
People don't flail when they die
stop adoring from so far away
When you kill people they die
Stop saying "religion" when you mean "a particular religion about which I'm bitter"
When you are being sacrificed
The hostages wrote thank you cards to their captors when they got home.
When the boss is away...
It's not enough they take your life away with a gun; they have to take it away with their pens, too
How can a man stand when they cut off his feet?
I wonder when I learned to smile when I was being hurt
when the truth walks away, everybody stays
When being chased by CIA trainees, don't mention Belgium to the waffle house physicist
On Being the one who goes away
When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?
I don't even know when I am being sarcastic anymore
Being complicated is not fun, especially when not everyone agrees that you are
Beautiful things should be left alone lest they become just another thing that we should throw away.
It is her name that I think of when I think about being in love.
They call you heartless, but you have a heart, and I love you for being ashamed to show it. You are ashamed of your flood, while others are ashamed of their ebb.
Because they are clowns, that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. And being dangerous doesn't mean they aren't clowns.
Don't go, don't change, stop always being the same.
stop garage sales (or why Joe Lieberman doesn't like video games)
New Rules for Classic Games
Rules of the game
I miss you when you're away. Please go.
When to talk about religion
people are lazy about explanations so they make rules
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Game stop
rules to the game of life
Since when did being spiritual matter? Since when did thread count matter?
if you fear spells, look away when she decides to share her hair with the wind.
When should a firm stop production?
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 world stops making sense when everyone goes to sleep
Spiral, spin, ride the whirlwind, knowing when the drumming stops, there will be no second dance
When the words stop working
It's hard to know what to say when a friend's parent they always hated suddenly dies
What Italian guys are really talking about when they say "Ey Oh"
Where do they keep the car keys when they transport cars?
Why girlfriends get annoyed when they remember things you don't
You say "the internet" but you mean "the world wide web"
I'll be happier when the rain stops. But I know I'd be miserable if it never rained again.
Don't stop. You can sleep when you're dead.
away goals rule
How do cows get all their nutrients, when they only eat grass?
Live so that they cry when you're born and laugh when you die
There are times when they seem to be right
How They Broke Away to Go to the Rootabaga Country
It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead
Too many people say "I love you" when they mean "I like you"
The four problems of surgery, how they were overcome, and when
Girls who go home with you when they don't even know your name
If you want somebody's heart, catch it when they pour it out
Beliefs become religious when they become self-referential
Children are people readers and they know when you are fiction
First They Took Away Napster
they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top
What do girls think about guys when they catch guys staring at their breasts, but the guy is actually trying to read her shirt?
Hearts and thoughts they fade; fade away
When they realized they were in the desert, they built a religion to worship thirstiness.
it's a pity we only appreciate some once they're gone, when they can no longer defend themselves
When scientists make mistakes they see what they did wrong and then try again.
Where do they go when they walk out and leave the body behind?
when you are young they assume you know nothing
If you want somebody's heart, catch it when they cut it out
They will run away and leave us forlorn and empty
take me away
away
Go Away
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
/away
The one that got away
There were people on the Titanic who waved away the dessert trolley
Does this ever go away?
Pack away
Why do all the pretty things always run away from me?
What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away
she turns and smiles, then walks away
Sunday Too Far Away
And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!
The Songs That Got Away
I put away childish things, like myself
How to lie and get away with it
I'm not a dyke just 'cause I shaved my head, but if it keeps certain people away, fuckin' A right on
Far, Far Away
Throw away your fucking scale!
Women you know you should just walk away from
Put Away
run away
talking can only give you away
A Gift Taken Away
Cast Away
To a girl who thought she was moving away
Faraway, So Close!
Keep guns away from drunks
Far away from home
Fly Away (user)
Cheap tricks parents try to get away with
Step away from the fridge, lardass!
Away to me
Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom
Everyone has a sofa to give away at some point in their lives
The server giveth, and the server taketh away
First Christmas Away From Home
Soon, I will run... but not away
Walking Away
Problems that go away by themselves come back by themselves
Haul Away Joe
Heaven is High and the Emperor is Far Away
Don't Go Away
Moving Away
Heave Away, Me Johnnies
Waiting for the tear gas in my room to fade away so i can sleep

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