Findings:

• He thinks a path and travels the emptiness that was there
• He was there, and then he wasn't, and with him went those memories
• I stared into the muddled sky with tears running down my face in small rivers, and I knew then that there was no hope
• No shit, there I was
• Wheresoever he went, there was Eden
• I remember, there was one
• nor was there anything to be attained that you didn't already have
• There was this one great night at Alice's house,
• There was a man who lived a life of fire
• There was a cold day
• There was a young lady of Riga
• There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
• He stretched out his arms but she was not there
• There was a land where lived no violets
• There was once a Man
• One hour there was sunlight
• I was there
• there was at that moment no one more rightful dead than that unknown and faceless man
• The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.
• Well, I was tired of being 24 anyway, so there
• there was a time when you couldn't just learn things instantly
• That Was Then, This is Now
• There was a time when I was a better person
• Death was a part of me then, too.
• Was it ever there?
• There Was a Man of Double Deed
• It all burned up in the fire there was nothing left
• Where there was fire I brought the gasoline
• So I turned round and there was an inflatable man sat at the table
• There Once Was a Farmer
• So there I was, naked and hiding, facing the dissertation committee from the Isle of Lesbos
• There Was A Friend
• Before you, there was me
• 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.
• There was a man and a woman
• Then again, maybe he was recruiting for a cult
• And then night was here, after a day of measured breathing, and I could forget about breathing because the waiting was done
• There was a little girl
• The serpent was in the garden again, but there weren't any apples left in the tree, so I figured things were cool.
• Yet is there hope, then Love but play thy part
• I Was Looking at the Ceiling And Then I Saw the Sky
• There Was a Desert in My Head
• And Then There Were None
• There was a time when I got lost wherever I went.
• It was all awesome. Then the robots took over.
• Then you could make out every time there's a Jewish holiday!
• Go then. There are other worlds than these.
• I think I fell in love with her right then and right there
• He had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter
• Now and Then, Here and There
• I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now
• This is the time. The time was now. And now is then. This was the time.
• There once was a chicken named Alice
• There was an old lady
• There was a rose that faded young
• I should ask my barber where he gets his hair cut, then go there and slowly make my way up the chain
• Where's the kaboom?
• There was a man with tongue of wood
• This was then, and now I can't even find your grave
• It all turned out all right but there was so much pain along the way
• There was a moment of drunken silence
• There was never supposed to be an Episode 7, 8, or 9
• and there was this girl
• There once was a girl named Irene
• There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
• His collection of substances that should not exist was stolen. The thieves then killed themselves 1000 times over.
• Johnny Clueless was there, with his Simulated Wood-Grain
• Was There a Time
• There never was a body that gave the undertaker a tip
• I said I was sorry. Then she looked at me.
• There was a time before
• There once was a man from St. Paul
• There Was a Child Went Forth
• There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
• the dead had risen, and there was nobody to pump gas
• In the end it did not matter. The ocean was still there.
• Two of them. Hovering there like bloated gas giants in the heavens. Good God, it was beautiful.
• 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.
• Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
• No one learned anything, because there was nothing to learn.
• Her innocence fell. She kicked at it some, frowned, and left it there because it was beautiful.
• If it was still then-
• And then Satan said, Let there be cricket ball.
• Unfortunately, there was no applause
• There was a baby in China
• Just standing there, wearing my boxers, in my driveway. I was watching the stormfront. You were watching me.
• There Was No Leak
• There was no one waiting for me...
• it was true then
• Why, Martha, for the longest time there was no railway station in Slough!
• Once there was a bug in a hole that he dug
• Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
• Before inertia, there was impetus
• I worked at the mall in the 80s. There was a cult that used to recruit out on the front steps.
• Once there was a way...
• There was just the magic I'd brought and laid there over the years, piled up in the corners like twinkling dust bunnies
• there was more poetry in her shopping lists than in any of my rhymes
• relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
• There was always the blue of you
• A knock there was upon the door
• can it be that it was all so simple then
• I washed dishes with the Chinese FBI then was an extra in a cursed movie
• emptiness
• She leaves a busy emptiness in the room
• the emptiness of systems
• darkness, emptiness and silence
• then
• and then a miracle occurs
• Every Now and Then
• And then I crawled out from under the table
• Then: The Early Years
• Well if it's gonna be THAT kinda party, then I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes!
• Trail your finger through the air, and then tell me you can't feel it
• Frowning on external links, then smiling, then bouncing them a little
• Burning textbooks and then selling them back
• she turns and smiles, then walks away
• Then I poked him in his sunburn
• So then she said
• then I hugged him
• Then what did Jesus say, grandpa?
• Not atheist, but what then?
• If the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail
• If the only sexual organ you have is a penis then everything looks like a vagina
• Since then, all I do
• I Sit And Then Rise
• Killing one's family and then killing oneself
• And then I broke his nose
• What it is like to go without and then, to not, even in a small way
• Laughter reaction to acting abusively
• coffee, then wine
• I Kissed "Weird Al" Yankovic and All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt
• If 0=1, then I am the Pope
• Well, then, I hate Thee, unrighteous picture
• Then And Now
• And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
• beer then grass
• The Same Tale: And then...
• If Satan is the prince of darkness, then who is the king?
• If you meet the Buddha on the road, ask him how far it is to the next gas station. *Then* kill him.
• David Bowie freaked me out and then some
• And then we'll invade Russia
• When at last I found no further traces of the living or the dead, then I stopped.
• And Then I Said "Touche"
• The phone rings, and then you look at me
• She bought a new smile every week when we first started seeing each other. Then I had to buy them.
• The fortune cookie more accurate than Miss Cleo's Tarot cards
• And then we start to talk
• And then all that we receive
• If you tolerate this piss then your bitter will be next
• And then a terrible silence
• Had I a man's fair form, then might my sighs
• And then the rain of colorless fire
• Cease, then, being Emperor
• Learn to Program: If/Then
• Now and Then : From Coney Island to Here
• First the music, then the fire
• Are you a sexist pig? Then buy our booze!
• You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes
• then the terrorists win
• Naughty, then nice (document)
• What am I then, if not yours?
• he taught me to fly then took away my sky
• Thenn
• The worst feeling is when someone makes you feel special and then leaves you hanging
• Then the walls started to bleed again and I just KNEW I'd be the one cleaning it up.
• then tell us the way
• I walked for a thousand miles to hear her laugh, then serenaded her in a field of fireflies.
• Someday my life will be interesting, and I will come back and tell you about it then
• Better to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow
• Then, with near perfect timing, the hellhound widdled on his foot
• She might not need me. But then again she might.
• Let him hold out hope that someone or other might come. Then fuckin' kill him.
• And then they came for me, but the bridge would not ignite.
• neither here nor then

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