Findings:
- When he was little, he laughed in his sleep.
- The Marlboro Man died of cancer, but he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
- He had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter
- When I was 21, he was building a Time Machine
- When he was five, his father made him murder his imaginary friend.
- He made me promise I would do this when I was next sad. So I promised myself I would not be sad again.
- The class valedictorian was still tripping balls when he was bailed out in time to give the commencement speech at graduation
- 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.
- It was late when he came home; it woke you up
- An ocean away and here he was, seeping into her
- When Frederic Was a Little Lad
- Don't interrupt an enemy when they're making a mistake
- He was an ant on an ill-defined mission. She was the trapdoor spider of love.
- Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
- collecting on old debts from when mom was a loan shark
- When I Was a Boy
- When that cow would walk it was like she was dancing
- Wheresoever he went, there was Eden
- When I was very young, I knew that the world was made of honey.
- when i wake up i can't remember what it was. it's so hard to smuggle something out of a dream.
- where was your heart when we needed it most?
- someday, when she will think back upon the time when she was as yet undishonored
- some say he was never here at all
- He had fallen in love, but I'm pretty sure the hellhound was only in it for the belly rubs
- He Was a Crook
- Climbing cherry trees when I was younger
- When I was young
- When again between cities was comfortable and right
- there was a time when you couldn't just learn things instantly
- Some time when I was a teenager
- Every poem about thunder was written under the protection of a roof, or, at the very least, an empty sky
- Where was that stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
- But life is hard when the written word is your first language
- when was the last time you experienced something you didn't think was possible?
- When Grandmother was finished with us
- When I woke up this morning, I thought I was a parallelogram. I still have a sneaking suspicion.
- He was the kind of man who shacked up for shelter
- The Trial: Andrew Johnson was not guilty of the crimes for which he was impeached.
- when you reflect that john now knows how he's going to die.
- I'm the only person who'd ever told him to his face he was beautiful.
- When I Was One-and-Twenty
- You knew I was a rattlesnake when you picked me up
- when music is your quest, then both sound and silence are your friends
- When I was a kid, I wanted to get tuberculosis
- When I was five years old, I knew I was going to die
- When I Was Cruel
- This was when I knew my childhood was over
- I cried when he threw away the paper towel on top of the microwave
- I remember when it was me who made you want to take over the world and enslave humanity
- 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 The Sky Was Opened
- the cutest baker in the room was making sadfaces at me when i walked out
- and with that, the final word was written
- And when she came back she was nobody's wife
- If you become lucid, you realize history's greatest literature was being written as you read it ...by yourself.
- I was supposed to be dead when this picture was taken
- How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle and How He Was Driven Thence
- when life was kind and we were two young wide-eyed believers
- It Was a Beautiful Day When Aunt Norma Died
- Remember when the modern prison system was considered progressive?
- Oh, when I was in love with you
- Donald Duck was banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants
- It was 1992. He smiled.
- He was born with the gift of logic but the inability to use it
- When a man lies he murders some part of the world
- He wasn't programmed to be a tenor, he was programmed to be a physician!
- St. Lucia in This Guy When He Died, Man
- When he grins it is a thousand-word story
- He was a man stuck between the objective and the subjective
- he was a punk poet himself
- He was hard in all the wrong places
- She grew a little older, while he was telling her
- He was there, and then he wasn't, and with him went those memories
- I remember when it was me who made her toilet flush
- There was a time when I was a better person
- Where were you when Kennedy was shot?
- When you go on a quest for revenge, make sure to dig two graves
- "He was a terrible man," she sobbed, between bites of alimony
- When daddy was the handsome prince
- I don't remember what life was like when I was seven. I like the taste of air. What should I do?
- I didn't know such things when I was young
- When she was bad
- It was daylight when you looked up from your ditch
- When I was little my mother told me not to sit close to the T.V., so when I was six I did.
- Once when I got like this I thought I was building a boat
- When touch was simple
- he was alive, and some of the other people, they were carbon copies
- He dreamt he was a bulldozer, she dreamt she was alone in an empty bed
- Who shouted with glee when the colour blue was born?
- I wish when I closed a book I could set it on the shelf and know it was really over
- When I Was A Baby
- When Desire Was a Virtue
- I remember when all this was trees
- When I Was a Babe
- Shaymus is older than I thought he was
- this is unlike the story it was written to be
- The light on the bottom of the pool that you thought was real when you were a child
- What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt?
- Back when our blood was still warm
- relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
- I don't know what he was listening for, but he wasn't listening
- There was a time when I got lost wherever I went.
- bringing me back to when less was worth more
- When the best rapper was white, the best golfer was black, and the tallest guy in the NBA was Chinese
- when it was done
- Why would he want a writer when he could have a dancer?
- I Was On My Way Home When the Strangest Thing Happened
- When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore
- She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits
- When were the gospels written?
- When our word was iron
- The rock under my foot that told me I was real when I was an adult
- and when you woke up, your goldfish bowl was empty?
- He thinks a path and travels the emptiness that was there
- The Abridged Edition: She was to one side, he was to the other, an untested bridge between them
- Tom, He was a Piper's Son
- He was confirming to himself that they were laughing with him after all
- He comforted me when he thought I needed it, but never when I really did
- If a frog had wings, he wouldn't kick his tail when he jumped
- When he became an old man
- When Chopin finished a piece he stopped writing it
- All he left her was alone
- She had become a mutton for punishment and he was a wolf
- Then again, maybe he was recruiting for a cult
- Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free.
- He stretched out his arms but she was not there
- He was like the bottle of Champagne Krug
- He believes he has written a poem, yes.
- More than he was willing to give
- She was coming out as he was going in.
- The girl didn't know if she was loved until he said yes.
- Once there was a bug in a hole that he dug
- As I looked back, he was reveling in his own feces
- 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.
- He was found
- He Was Only Joking
- When the principal laughs so hard he can't suspend you
- That's Just How He Was
- he listened so well, he was still curious.
- Mr. Lunch liked to chase birds. In fact, he was a professional.
- A poem I wrote when I was 5
- What I wrote when I was missing David
- Jesus said, "I love him, for he is my brother." He was talking about everyone.
- I wonder when I learned to smile when I was being hurt
- The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist
- Back when grunge was still cool
- When we was fat ( ... or, Lord Gym)
- I remember when it was me who made her skin flush
- when you asked what I was writing, this is what it was
- When I was your age
- I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy
- At least he was gentle
- When I Was a Lad
- November 4, 1995
- When I was ten years old
- I am sorry but when you were talking I was admiring the shape of your lips and evaluating their kissability
- When she was new, she rolled around the sky like a black umbrella blown by the wind
- When I was five
- When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One
- The smiles you smiled when you thought no one was looking
- I'm sorry I was speeding, officer, but I really have to get to the hospital
- When I Was Born for the 7th Time
- Do you remember how small your body was when you were five?
- When I was young Time had no wings
- It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead
- The German textbook that was written by Morrissey
- A poem for two pages of panel art for a comic that was never written
- making certain he was touching her
- I married him because he was not mean
- 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.
- man when you are telling me how it was
- When the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed on re-entry, I felt a deep sorrow that Cowboy Bebop was now implausible
- 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 was throwing around useless proverbs when all she needed was to be held and told that she was beautiful
- He is so heavy when he whispers
- Why almost every node was written in the year 2000
- When I was 9
- Waiting until dusk, when it was safe
- When I awoke, I was alone, and screaming
- When I was Fair and Young
- All the while he was talking she was thinking what his whiskers would feel like on the back of her neck
- He Is Born
- Maybe now that I have written this all down I can finally sleep
- He Really Wasn't That Great
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