Findings:
- 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.
- It all burned up in the fire there was nothing left
- So I turned round and there was an inflatable man sat at the table
- No one learned anything, because there was nothing to learn.
- and there was this girl
- There Was a Desert in My Head
- The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.
- There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
- There was a cold day
- there was more poetry in her shopping lists than in any of my rhymes
- There was an old lady
- Before you, there was me
- I was there
- There once was a man from St. Paul
- Just standing there, wearing my boxers, in my driveway. I was watching the stormfront. You were watching me.
- There was a baby in China
- the dead had risen, and there was nobody to pump gas
- Where there was fire I brought the gasoline
- There once was a chicken named Alice
- There Was a Man of Double Deed
- There Was a Child Went Forth
- He was there, and then he wasn't, and with him went those memories
- there was at that moment no one more rightful dead than that unknown and faceless man
- One hour there was sunlight
- Two of them. Hovering there like bloated gas giants in the heavens. Good God, it was beautiful.
- There never was a body that gave the undertaker a tip
- There was a time before
- Unfortunately, there was no applause
- there was a time when you couldn't just learn things instantly
- Johnny Clueless was there, with his Simulated Wood-Grain
- There Once Was a Farmer
- Was it ever there?
- There was always the blue of you
- nor was there anything to be attained that you didn't already have
- It all turned out all right but there was so much pain along the way
- I remember, there was one
- There once was a girl named Irene
- 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.
- There was a land where lived no violets
- There was a time when I was a better person
- Was There a Time
- There was a man who lived a life of fire
- No shit, there I was
- So there I was, naked and hiding, facing the dissertation committee from the Isle of Lesbos
- Before inertia, there was impetus
- There Was A Friend
- Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
- A knock there was upon the door
- 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 Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
- There was a man and a woman
- There Was No Leak
- Why, Martha, for the longest time there was no railway station in Slough!
- 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.
- Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
- There was a young lady of Riga
- There was no one waiting for me...
- Once there was a bug in a hole that he dug
- There was once a Man
- There was a time when I got lost wherever I went.
- There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
- There was this one great night at Alice's house,
- relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
- Well, I was tired of being 24 anyway, so there
- 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 a rose that faded young
- There was a moment of drunken silence
- There was a man with tongue of wood
- There was never supposed to be an Episode 7, 8, or 9
- He stretched out his arms but she was not there
- Her innocence fell. She kicked at it some, frowned, and left it there because it was beautiful.
- Jessica, too tall but still lovely, was not sure she would or should drop the whale
- Once there was a way...
- He thinks a path and travels the emptiness that was there
- Wheresoever he went, there was Eden
- There is a wound that is healing. There is a season waiting for me. There is a road that is turning. There is a fire still burning.
- can it be that it was all so simple then
- The artifact was completely impenetrable to all forms of matter except living human flesh
- There's husbandry in heaven; their candles are all out.
- You're there. Everywhere.
- By evening I will have returned all traces that I was ever here
- there is no weight that can bury us beneath the ghost of all my guilt
- Back when our blood was still warm
- still there
- all it cost him was a Penny
- Freud was wrong. Freud is dead. That is all.
- I Dropped Out of School, and All I Got Was This Necklace
- There is plenty of room for all God's creatures
- All it said was clump and scratch, and it only said those very late at night.
- there is a place where the dead live. it is in us. it is all around us. it is more than we can understand.
- All that was left of her was a damp handkerchief
- He was hard in all the wrong places
- there are only so many truths. everything else is derived
- I was burned and bleeding, but the galaxy still spun on
- There could still be a reunion of The Band
- The total sum of all things would be zero if it was not for love
- If not for bras there would be far too little between men and breasts.
- Seems I might have stolen the blue part of her rainbow, but all I really did was make it bigger, a way bigger blue
- I was Christian and all I got was this lousy painting
- For every rich man who tries to leave this world for a better one with his fancy tomb surrounded by mourners, there are many more who perish alone in the cold, forgotten by all but God.
- all I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
- By morning I will have erased all traces that I was ever a bear
- I Fell Out of School, and All I Found Was This Necklace
- some say he was never here at all
- it's there for all to see, and yet some people never see it
- You will know your action. You are present there, not thinking of somewhere else you ought to be.
- I turned Quizro into a Quiet Riot CD, and all I got was this jar of lemon-flavoured pickles.
- Back when grunge was still cool
- What was stolen by someone else
- wake up and find her still there
- I spent one year in love and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.
- Your smile was embarrassed. Your fingers were dew-covered. I am still smiling.
- The Blood Was Everywhere
- the fire burned and burned; it was so great and now so much time has passed and the fire is still burning, but it requires attendance
- I worked at summer camp, and all I got was this lousy case of gangrene
- haiku are nice until there are too many in one place
- remember, when they look right through you, you're still there
- I was throwing around useless proverbs when all she needed was to be held and told that she was beautiful
- She was pain and pleasure all at once, wrapped up in needles and Ramones T-shirts
- It was fall, and fall does strange things to us all
- It's really very silly, I was thinking, they are all acting so weird
- If all you did was node, your writeups wouldn't be very interesting, would they?
- The universe was cold and dead and all the best aspects of humanity and its appreciation of the world were stored in electronic boxes
- By morning I will have erased all traces that I was ever here
- I set my sister up with her husband, and all I got was this great dress and a trip to Hawaii
- more sure of all I thought was true
- All he left her was alone
- All you ever did was let it happen
- All I wanted was a Pepsi
- we are already dead. this is all there is.
- If there's hell below we're all going to go
- She was buttery. She was asking for it. She was delicious. Let's all give in.
- And though it was snowing outside, all within were warm.
- I remember when all this was trees
- I went to Voodoo Donuts and all I got was this lousy concussion
- I want to put my hands there too
- I never even went to Las Vegas, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
- There is creativity and craft, in all peoples and all times
- It was all awesome. Then the robots took over.
- there isn't another side. it's all right here.
- I Kissed "Weird Al" Yankovic and All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt
- John Cassavettes Was No Help At All
- born under candlelight just from the edge of a knife, was it a life? or was it a light at all?
- we went to the stars, but all we found was ourselves
- Long day, all I wanted was a cup of tea
- Are there still so many Nazis in Germany?
- For a few more precious seconds, the body I was born with was still in one piece
- there is hope everywhere
- There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's Mastercard
- I went to Atlanta and all I got was this lousy pile of junk
- There's still a place for the odd concentration camp
- All the while he was talking she was thinking what his whiskers would feel like on the back of her neck
- he listened so well, he was still curious.
- If Christianity were true, why would there still be any Jews?
- It's only love: at the end of the day, there are still thunderstorms and sunsets
- Your angel stayed long after everything else was gone
- Think there's too much violence in society today? Maybe, but consider this:
- There Is No Such Thing As Light/There Is No Such Thing As Darkness/This Shadow Is An Illusion/But Illusions Are Still Real/And I Still Must Step Out Of It
- If it was still then-
- Several thousand years later and the angel was still as boring as sin
- The class valedictorian was still tripping balls when he was bailed out in time to give the commencement speech at graduation
- Some days there are so many words I need all three notebooks
- There is nothing left for me there, except for all that I left behind
- I fried myself in The Finnish E2 Get-Together, and all I got was a hippie song stuck in my head
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