• He thinks a path and travels the emptiness that was there
• I stared into the muddled sky with tears running down my face in small rivers, and I knew then that there was no hope
• This is the time. The time was now. And now is then. This was the time.
• Why, Martha, for the longest time there was no railway station in Slough!
• there was at that moment no one more rightful dead than that unknown and faceless man
• There Was A Friend
• 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
• Was There a Time
• Death was a part of me then, too.
• And then Satan said, Let there be cricket ball.
• There Was a Child Went Forth
• Where's the kaboom?
• 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
• 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
• There was a man and a woman
• There Was No Leak
• Where I'm From, You'd Think There Was a Tea Party Going On in the Hostess Dumpster
• There was a man who lived a life of fire
• There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
• Was it ever there?
• Then you could make out every time there's a Jewish holiday!
• There was once a Man
• Where there was fire I brought the gasoline
• Johnny Clueless was there, with his Simulated Wood-Grain
• There never was a body that gave the undertaker a tip
• Go then. There are other worlds than these.
• He stretched out his arms but she was not there
• 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 man with tongue of wood
• No one learned anything, because there was nothing to learn.
• Then again, maybe he was recruiting for a cult
• There Was a Man of Double Deed
• It all burned up in the fire there was nothing left
• There Once Was a Farmer
• Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
• There was a land where lived no violets
• Two of them. Hovering there like bloated gas giants in the heavens. Good God, it was beautiful.
• I washed dishes with the Chinese FBI then was an extra in a cursed movie
• There was a young lady of Riga
• Well, I was tired of being 24 anyway, so there
• There was a cold day
• Before inertia, there was impetus
• Just standing there, wearing my boxers, in my driveway. I was watching the stormfront. You were watching me.
• 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
• So there I was, naked and hiding, facing the dissertation committee from the Isle of Lesbos
• 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.
• No shit, there I was
• There was a time when I was a better person
• There was a time before
• Before you, there was me
• 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.
• One hour there was sunlight
• There was never supposed to be an Episode 7, 8, or 9
• And Then There Were None
• There once was a girl named Irene
• it was true then
• the dead had risen, and there was nobody to pump gas
• I remember, there was one
• Wheresoever he went, there was Eden
• This was then, and now I can't even find your grave
• I said I was sorry. Then she looked at me.
• There once was a man from St. Paul
• 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
• I was there
• A knock there was upon the door
• There was a baby in China
• There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
• There was no one waiting for me...
• There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
• 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
• Everything Stalin did was legal
• (because this was always subconsciously the inspiration, even if I did not know it at the time, and I only realised it just now)
• The Saudis were terrified that someone was going to be a better Muslim than they were
• Is this what I have been seeking? Or is it an echo, a remnant, a sign that I was wrong?
• Then: The Early Years
• Laughter reaction to acting abusively
• now and then
• i kissed her one last time, then walked out of her life forever
• There is no spoon
• 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 are some things that can only be said at the top of a ferris wheel
• There are a million girls like me out there
• I'll get there when I get there
• In such bounty there can be no shortage
• Hello in there
• There ought to be limits to freedom
• In their Disneyland are there kids just like this?
• there is hope everywhere
• Outside Over There
• What's he building in there?
• You knew I was a rattlesnake when you picked me up
• Which of the Bewitched Dicks was gay?
• Leather-bound organizer
• What did people use as incidental music before Moby was invented?
• 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 beggar who was too rich for my money
• When I was five years old, I knew I was going to die
• When I was Fair and Young
• Who shouted with glee when the colour blue was born?
• When Desire Was a Virtue
• the little friendship that never was
• And Pharoah's heart was hardened
• Dark was the Night--Cold was the Ground
• This node was made for you and me
• She was so tall, and I was so in love
• i saw the ugliest thing in the world and thought it was neat-o
• When I woke up this morning, I thought I was a parallelogram. I still have a sneaking suspicion.
• The one thing Superman was bad at
• Beautiful, in that way that space and any measure of emptiness is beautiful
• What time do you call this, then?
• 'Tis better to die as a lion than to live 1000 years as a dog
• And Then I Said "Touche"
• I do it because it hurts, and then even that is over
• girl that's unusually hard to pin down (unusual, then)
• And then they came for me, but the bridge would not ignite.
• Hang in there
• There's no such thing as normal
• If there's a will, I hope I'm in it
• Now there's something you don't see every day, Chauncy
• Now that there is no hell, evil folks like you just get reincarnated as McDonald's register jockeys
• Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
• There's something about a funeral
• There Is No Art
• I don't think I realized what I had gotten myself into, but it seemed like the potential for fun and insanity were there in equal parts
• There and Back Again
• There has to be a better way to make human beings
• There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
• Look, there's God
• There is no alternative
• There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
• there will be a last
• There are no cases like mine, Doctor.
• There is always a 'correct' right answer
• It's dark and scary out there. The night can avenge itself.
• This is a local shop for local people. There's nothing for you here.

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