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Item 454
It's Alright By Brian Rainstorm
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Quotes: Scary Truths (2014)
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IT'S ALRIGH By Brian Rainstorm

Meanwhile
The past is mad at the future
For making plans that don't include
him
As The face of the man of the moon
still seemed surprised by the sunrise Fallen
Like tears
of the clouds, from the eyes
now dragged across the sky by the wind
being

IF there be more wisdom in
Silence than in spoken word
then do not speak. It's all right
It's all right
IF there is more to be learned from
an empty page than one full of
words then do not write...

The Present felt alone, so she
came
soon left and went back home

The Future arrived early and yet
his date started late, which just
goes to show one can plan out good
but never create his fate

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* IT'S ALRIGHT By Brian Rainstorm
Meanwhile the past is mad at the future
For making plans that don't include him
The face of the moon
still seemed surprised by the sunrise
It was [?] by the clouds
being dragged across the sky by the wind

IF there be more wisdom in
Silence than in spoken word
IF there is no "it's all right"
an empty page learned from
words than one can
then do not write...

The present felt
left alone, so she
came forward
The Future
his date started early and yet
goes to show one can plate, which just
but never his fate create

Some people will just NEVER get
... Not even if you gave it to
them. Brian Rainstorm

"The more problems you have (or
think you have) then the more cures
they can come up with to sell you.
The worse you feel inside the more
Things they'll have that they'll tell you
for your outside will make you feel
better. But that never works nor
was it ever supposed to. That's when
you realize that all you ever were to
Them was just another number, another
cog in the machine, another pawn on
their chessboard and another soldier
in their war." - Brian Rainstorm
It's Obama's white house
and Bush's world
Black
TWELVE WORDS BY Brian Rainstorm
Obama's white house
Bush's Black world
Life summed up
just words
twelve

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"Some people will just NEVER get
it... Not even if you gave it to
them." - Brian Rainstorm

"The more problems you have (or
think you have) then the more cures
they can come up with to sell you.
The worse you feel inside the more
Things they'll have that they'll tell you
for your outside will make you feel
better. But that never works nor
was it ever supposed to. That's when
you realize that all you ever were to
them was just another number, another
cog in the machine, another pawn on
their chessboard and another soldier
in their war." - Brian Rainstorm

It's Obama's white house
and Bush's world.
Black

TWELVE WORDS BY Brian Rainstorm
Obama's white house
Bush's Black world
Life summed up
just words
twelve
Item 455
Can't Buy me P.o
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Can't Buy me P.o
2:06:00
Soap operas, Game shows, sitcoms and shootouts

Soap operas, shoot-outs, sitcoms and game shows
[scribbled out text],
Devil-horned followers led by halos
On the brightest of nights
They Hide in the shadows of [scribbled out text]
the Sweet stench of day glow left like frost
Beneath the Summer sun's moon...
Out of place
Out of space
Out of time and
Out of tune

A Broken clock's face And its
A twice right Smile
[scribbled out text]
[scribbled out text] it's future ending
as the beginning of a pile
being
see it perceives
Item 456
I broke up with your sister
A handwritten poem/song lyrics on a piece of lined notebook paper.
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I broke up with your sister
when I saw your picture
That goes double for your brother
When in walked your mother
These country songs
not singing themselves
Not by the wronging of rights
but by the writing of wrongs
Item 457
[UNREADABLE]
Handwritten poem on a piece of lined notebook paper, oriented sideways.
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Quotes: Scary Truths (2014)
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* vegetarians eat vegetables...
* vegetarians eat vegetables*

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MAD MAN MUMBLINGS
While debating the pros and
cons of invading

---

When I got lost inside
A MALL and
WITH so many FLOORS and STORES
I had to take their bus to find my car
so swore I wouldn't go back there
That's when I was sure
And I never did...

Time for another game
on another plane
Where all the pieces of the puzzle
Have again been rearranged
Down side UP Left right
[crossed out: upside down] a is now [crossed out: right] side [crossed out: top]
Right is center, [crossed out: and] parallel is
perpendicular, Day is dawn and dawn
is night
Triangles are square and squares
are [crossed out: so] oblong and circular

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"I only meet people in
public places...
May we both never
know why I have that
rule" - Brian Rainstorm

One at a time
I wear my fifty diferent faces
otherwise I find

That everyone plays me for
a fool...

This way I can keep my cool

It's a put on
I can take off
like a cheap three pice suit
Item 458
If you play fast and loose with the truth
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If you play fast and loose with the truth
After the Fog of War fades there might not be anyone
left to sign a truce

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Copious amount
A cornucopia of catnip
on the carpet
Item 459
It's so hard to go from being
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It's so hard to go from being
obsessed with the material
And then blend back with
all that is spiritual
Sometimes I think it'll take
a miracle
If I manage to come back
at all
Item 460
She was very Trailor-ly when we first met
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She was very
tailor-ly
when we first
met...
With the clap
Came the applause
Then one day I said
Stop dropping your
dawers - Except
for me...

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I need a new color
I'm gettin sick and tired of white
I need a new color
To dip my brush into (5 syllables) Tonight
I Need a new color
Item 461
PLEDGE
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Tom writes thisthe old category list says: POLITICAL ; INSPIRING ; MOTIVATIONAL ; BE DIFFERENT (not checked by Tom)
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You might be down to your final days
Since i'm down to my last straw
I've been thinking about changing my ways
Thinking I might be fighting for a lost cause
Have I been fighting

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It's time to get my head back in
the game
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
of everybody's whining
look and see how this has effected me
Even I'm complaining...
Item 462
Style and Noise (refrain x4)
yellow highlighter marks + ink circles; 3 Brian Rainstorm pieces on 2 pages
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Style and Noise
Style and Noise
Pretending you got something
When you really got nothing
(What do you got now?)
Style and Noise
Style and Noise
(Whatcha got now?)
How 'bout these clothes that I wear
(What'eda say?)
with so many surrounding sounds
It'gotten hard to hear
Seems the words are unclear
Style and Noise...
Style and Noise...

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No, not all the good things have been taken
We're still here...
Things everything around us is breaking
But from what I hear
+ Exceptional (p.6) your
+ In the warmth of her eyes (p.7)
There is something special
I now realize...
+ box sets
Oh, yes I could let you be...
If that is what you asked of me...
Item 463
FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN
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I am closest to those
who are the farthest away
When asked about my life
When [?] that's my sentence
It's the first thing
I'd have to say.
All those who get too close
Are bound to [?] get pushed away
There's a support group that
meets once a week
It's a fun place to go
just to see who speaks
at six o' clock
on saturdays
Item 464
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
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IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)
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8 I got people dropping like flies
8 Disappearing out of my life
8 By now I [crossed out] stopped asking questions
8 Because I know the reason why

8 I stopped caring and cut my ties
8 Lost the fire within my eyes
8 I've grown tired [crossed out] - dissatisfied
8 Now exposed - what I used to hide
Item 465
WORTH A SHOT (+1 sheets: none (stanzas 1-7 numbered; "Real Cold p.2" note; "Poison Apple p.34" section))
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ON THE 34 ALBUMSSelf in the Mirror [S3] · as the song NAME IN LIGHTSmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)
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When you put it on the poster
the shorter the name
the bigger the print

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Rest of the story (P. 3)
Real Cold (P. 2)
IGNORE (printed)
Item 467
[Left side, top to bottom]
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4
6
7

[Center to right side]
I make the worst girls smile
And the best girls cry
I do it with love
Just because that's my style...

Never more
all in a day

14 privad
378
+17
Pub. 395

45
39
[Bottom right corner, partially obscured/scribbled]
1
[Illegible symbol]
Item 468
ALL IN (2 shots - group + close-up)
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ALL IN
When she said her cell phone was on
"I'm too far gone" was my response
I just might tell you some thing
I've mentioned a time or two before
How a meeting in the middle
Might really be a step forward
But I don't push it...
Nah, I don't go there...
since there's so much at stake
I pull back in fear

I just painted myself into a corner
Looks like I'm in for one long afternoon
Lately I been feeling like a musician
Every instrument I touch is outta tune...

just went for
I a long walk in the sun
Far away from everyone
With just my music,
my past and my soul
a log book of poems...
that are beyond my control

All this blue sky and sunshine
Certainly hasn't been wasted on me
While some may say I've past the prime of my life
I guess they're not seeing the same picture as me

Since I try to get better every day that I live
my best day shall be my last on this earthy
For I don't mind being taken once I've nothing useful left to give
Once I lose my value and my sense of self worth

Until that day
Dontcha know I'm in it
To win it - yeah, I'm all in... all the way.

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ALL IN
When she said her cell phone was on
"I'm too far gone" was my response
I just might tell you some thing
I've mentioned a time or two before
How a meeting in the middle
Might really be a step forward

But I don't push it...
Nah, I don't go there...
Since there's so much at stake
I pull back in fear

I just painted myself into a corner
Looks like I'm in for one long afternoon
Lately I been feeling like a musician
Every instrument I touch is outta tune

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[Left side, partially covered by cards]
to a
long
like
uch is on
just
went for
[crossed out text] I
a long walk in the sun
Far away from everyone
With just my music,
my past and my soul
a long book of poems
that are beyond my control

[Right side]
All this [crossed out text] blue sky and sunshine
Certainly hasn't been wasted on me
While some may say I've past the prime of my life
I guess [crossed out text] they're not seeing the same picture as me
since I try to get better every day [crossed out text] that I live
My best day shall be my last on this earthly [inserted text: useful]
For I don't mind being taken once I've nothing left to give
Once I lose my value and my sense of self worth

Until that day
Don'tcha know I'm in it
To win it - [crossed out text] yeah, I'm all in ... all the way.
Item 470
PLEDGE
Handwritten lyrics in pen on pale green lined paper, PLEDGE in bubble letters, with crossed-out lines.
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Tom writes thisthe old category list says: BE DIFFERENT ; INSPIRING ; MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
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ON THE 34 ALBUMSPower Shields [S13] · as the song PLEDGEmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
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PLEDGE
Globalization without exploitation
should be the pledge of this next generation
The driving force
The goal set forth for this new mileneum
More songs that white... I'm penning them...
So who is with me? ((thunderous clapping
and applause/cheers)
Alright now who's against me?
(solo person clapping fades out)
[Heavy scribbles] you need is love
The only weapon potential
to destroy any [scribbled out word] enemies
It's thoughts like these
That makes me
The most dangerous man in the world...
Someone that can teach
These [scribbled out word] beliefs
To all earth's little boys and girls
Mother
Every Arm in arm, hand in hand
That's the one nation for which I stand
Item 471
Point of Reference
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ON THE 34 ALBUMSZ [S23] · as the song UNBENDABLE SOLDIERS ; SUN, MOON AND TRUTH ; NOBLE PLACE HATE ; DON'T SHOOT ; KEEPING COOLmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Shorter Lyrics (2013)
The 714-Page Book (2012)
The Laima Dedication Anthology (2011)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
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Point of Reference
You keep waiting for her to walk in
And change your life forever
Sometimes you believe that day may come today
other times you think to yourself never

That's why God made the Russians black
Or maybe white depending on your preference
That is why I'm never looking back
By now I've lost my point of reference

Ha Ha ha...
(My plan worked to perfection)

Feeling stranded and left by the side of the road
Seeking tranquility and a place to call home
"Hey baby, you wanna roam with me?"
You see, I'm just another alley cat
Strolling back from [?]
combing the alley

will do
p 65
Item 472
FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN
PAPER PLATE - written on a white paper plate in blue + black + red ink
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TOAST
While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now...
Look out Hooverville!
'Cause here I come..

living in a commune
Sharing this shack of mine
With a fellow tortured soul
That I met in the bread line

His loaf was too crusty
while mine three days stale
Still the time was a pleasant one
Despite what you'll call 'our meal'

Once we feasted on pheasant
And perhaps a glass or two of champagne
Toasted as the sun was setting
Now a toast: "Shall it shine on again"

While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now..
Look out Hooverville!
'Cause here I come...

---

Adellana Jacobsen
Nymarksvej 11 B
Kongsted, Ronnede 4683
Denmark

---

FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN
"So anyone who rebels against authority
is rebelling against what God has
instituted, and they will be punished!"

Romans: Thirteen, two...
Just one of those things that religion can do
E nslave a race
While still keeping your faith
"Hey, I was just doing what I was told to [crossed out word]
[crossed out word] I suggest you do [crossed out word] too
My priceless advice so should you

(GARDEN of Flowers P.S)
Whether or not to serve power
To go pulling up weeds
In this garden of flowers
Or be like everyone else
and when it time to work
Go run off and play
leave it for another day... another day...
another day... another day

Romans: Thirteen, two...
Is our get of jail free card
That God gaveeth to me and you

Romans: Thirteen, two...
Helps keep the status quo here at the zoo
[crossed out words]

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Who doesn't have two ways to tell their story?
Yeah, one's okay... but [at] times it tends to get
too tedious, monotonous, long-winded, tiresome and plain old
redundant, and stale, boring...
Oh, but the second one is great because the
glorified saint with the background of a
legendary hero

All the children chant your name
As the soldiers proudly proclaim:
If they die for you 'tis not in vain
You who can hold power yet yield restraint
Yet there's no tone 'tis all black and white
not even gray
No imagination of a world of colors
no blending
No vairience, no vibrance or shades

I'd rather be me and be boring
Than be him with all his cutout cardboard
subjects the
Same

Yeah, that's not exactly what I'd call glory
Actually to me, it sounds pretty lame
Item 473
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
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ON THE 34 ALBUMSB [S8] · as the song PRETTY FOUNTAINS By Tom Jensen & Ian McElroymatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOKBrian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
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TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
IS WHAT THE Baby Boomers did to MY-MY-MY
Generation
They took the green off the fields
And the snow off the mountains

---

[Ian McElroy]
Welcome to poor
judgement theatre...
I am your host...
everybody
here is
pale as a ghost
Yeah we watch the
world spinning
round and do our
best to fit in...
But lately we've been
gettin' that feeling
that we're slowly
sinking...

yeah we're slowly
sinking... our time
spending what's left
to believe in?
We find we're
fallin' behind and
Searching for the reason?
Yeah.. we're
searching for the
reason:
Be it old school
corporate greed
From those trying
to sell us something
That we don't need
Item 474
WORTH A SHOT
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(4) Hopefully Sometimes all I need to heal and cure
Is a little rest and peace in my own back yard
A lone by myself without anybody fucking with me...
Now... could I get that please ???

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There is only one person on this Earth who I have ever truly revealed myself to...
To everyone else I'm just a voice on a video,
Telephone, a picture on a business card, a paragraph
in an email on a page in a book,
That's been my choice and has led to a
hollow existence... a collection of bits and
pieces that could never accurately potray what
is embodied in the whole... I'm trying to
change that. If I can then I think that
I shall find the fulfillment that my
heart is now seeking... if I can't then
let my failures act as a warning to
anyone who happens to read this. and if I
do succeed, then look towards me for hope and
inspiration so that you might follow my
lead carving out your own path
footsteps... within the mold and contours of your
own footprints.

Yet Regardless of where my fate lies
whatever path this where I end up
on this great journey that is life just
know that there is wisdom to be found
in my story... in ALL of OUR
stories.
Much love,
Tom
Item 475
none (stanzas 1-7 numbered; "Real Cold p.2" note; "Poison Apple p.34" section)
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I visualize greatness in the morning
So hopefully I'll get to it by the
afternoon...
This lazy afternoon...
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Item 476
UNTITLED - first line: They say lightening never strikes in the same place twice
Handwritten text on a piece of lined notebook paper.
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Tom writes this
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Tom writes this
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PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
Age when written
written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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2 in the catalogue · also written out as number 674matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
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They say lightening never strikes in the same place twice
I say we all deserve a second chance in this game called life
5 -
Item 477
UNTITLED - first line: I just moved the clouds with my mind
The item is a piece of stained lined notebook paper with handwritten text in pencil.
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Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
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IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
The 714-Page Book (2012)
The Laima Dedication Anthology (2011)
Age when written
written by age 33 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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2 in the catalogue · also written out as number 774matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
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I just moved the clouds with my mind
Because I needed some sunshine
At least I can say that I tried
This act of hubris personified
Nah, I ain't afraid to die...
With my good name attached to a good cause
I ain't afraid to fight even if gotta say I lost...
Item 478
ALL IN (2 shots - group + close-up)
A sheet of lined notebook paper with handwritten text in ink and three small hand-drawn number cards.
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Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOKBrian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
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written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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A heartbeat ceases every New York minute
Can't stop and talk [crossed out: about]
'Cause I got caught
And now i'm stuck up in it
or
Have to watch the clock
Not even T.V.
Look at this face
What this has done to me...
Item 479
[NONE]
Handwritten text on a piece of lined notebook paper.
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Tom writes this
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Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOKBrian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
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written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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Now there's an outrageous thought...
Thinking you can contain this lot...
Oh, it sure ain't the safest of bets
I don't know what you got going on your
You just [crossed out] ain't got the numbers
You're only one...
We are the ninety-nine
that keep buried our guns
But we know where to find 'em
Of that day ever comes...
When that day comes
Item 480
[NONE]
A piece of lined notebook paper.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOKBrian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
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written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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(1) 6
you thought you gave in
when you felt like giving up...
Guess you shouldn't think about love
When you're stuck down in a rut...
Item 481
[NONE]
small cut paper scraps (3 pieces in frame, multi-draft)
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Tom writes this
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Handwritten sheet
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Tom writes this
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ON THE 34 ALBUMSLove Without a Doubt [SL5] · as the song NIGHT OUTmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
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[Card 1]
1

[Card 2]
8

[Card 3]
4

[Note 1]
tonight's my ego's
might out...
i finally gotta get
it all out...
Be out on my own
Though i can't go
this way all alone...
At the least i'll need
Maybe i'd be friends
to get to
something more
i just need to end
Give me a new set of
up and doors...

[Note 2]
Far away...
Far away...
Far away from
this place

Tonight's my ego's might
out
i finally gotta get
it all out
Be out on my own
Though i don't
wanna go this way
all alone
Don't wanna go this
way all alone

[Note 3]
i'm ready to explore...
i'm ready to go...
i'm ready to go... explore
a cave
i don't care if it's a
maze
i'm tired of reading
the signs
they're all pointing
the same way...
Item 482
SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH
Lined notebook paper written in ink with a yellow sticky note attached to the right side.
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Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
ON THE 34 ALBUMSDella of Troy [S19] · as the song AFTER THE FACTmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Shorter Lyrics (2013)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
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SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH

I can tell you
My life's story
In just six photographs
That I carry inside my wallet
And three of them are cats...

The other three
Beatiful women
As our lives crossed paths

Never would I
suggest ever changing
a person, my place or my past...
I'm feeling the need
to pick up my camera
So I'll be back in a flash...
He left but he never came back
Never...
Came...
Back...

After he set out searching for the seventh photograph

[Sticky note]:
For this story
begins
after the fact...

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Whether or not to serve power
to [scribbled out] to the pretty [scribbled out]
go pulling in this garden of flowers
weeds or when it's time to work.
on as we like everyone else [scribbled out] we're gone

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The sun awakes another
To [?] start [?] day
although we know
He's never gone away

Unlike the man in the moon
who sleeps all after noon
[?] Takes a big long nap
at the end of june

The rings of saturn
flail and [?] dance around

---

I'm the exception to your rule
Haven't had six beers in a hundred years

---

Since I stopped swimming I've barely
been treading water
Forget losing or winning
I'm getting that sinking feeling
That I'm washed up cannon fodder

---

See saw
You can only be down when you're alone
Item 483
[NONE]
A piece of lined notebook paper written on with blue ink cursive handwriting.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
180 Good Poems (2012)
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written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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People on the bus - they look at me
And it's all because I drive a brand
new jeep
But they don't know
is that it's under lease
It's all for show
I don't belong to me
Item 484
[NONE]
Lined notebook paper containing text handwritten in ink.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
The 714-Page Book (2012)
The Laima Dedication Anthology (2011)
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written by age 33 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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I return to my most favorite
This fresh new canvas of a blank page
Here I can write happy things... Oh joy!
From where you can't see my face.. Oh boy...

'Cause if you could then you would
See the blotched ink stains on my paper
From when my tears ran and I failed to abstain
From crying and laughing in fear most often
From my pen

While most people are afraid of dying
I'm scared of living and not being given
& Afraid of having to go and earn it
of making mistakes and learning then from them

Oh... The time I waste...
Oh... The light of day
Item 485
[NONE]
A piece of lined notebook paper with text written in pencil.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
The 714-Page Book (2012)
The Laima Dedication Anthology (2011)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
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written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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Who wants to remember?
Who wants to forget?
Who wants a revolution?
Who wants to be led?
Who wants to be
Who needs a savior?
Who is willing to do
what ever they're telling ya?
Who is willing to buy
what ever they're selling ya?
Who is willing to try
Come on and give me a yell now...

I got something new for you
Cause what we got right now wont do
Everywhere I look it's true
I see people being used...

I bet it's happened to you
Being used like a tool or
by a silly fool
who sits on a thrill
grave tund soil
freshly dug mother despair
doesnt care

---

sounds th charge alarm
mind screaming
He [crossed out: never]
seeking treasures
his hands never turned over the
soil
of a soldier who left
And never came home
Item 486
GREATEST TO LEAST
Lined notebook paper accompanied by three small paper squares placed on the left side.
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Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
The 714-Page Book (2012)
The Laima Dedication Anthology (2011)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
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written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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GREATEST TO LEAST
Like a surgeon I should come with a warning
Open your eyes, Open your ears
Then I'll let myself [?]...
Into your heart... Into your mind
Into your [?] [scribbled out] soul... Oh... [?] some go blind
But if you [?] then together we can start our climb
To the nevy Top of the Tower
Often Well rip it of [?] this that [?] serves power
This figure head [?] [scribbled out] by which they are led
[scribbled out]
Time to dispense the bread [scribbled out]
From the warehouses to the underfed
The same with the meds Now free
Let's start
giving out things by order of who needs it
[scribbled out] using money for measuring when it comes to greatest
to least
Because when some sit to a feast while others don't eat
I get sick to my stomach and my appetites gone
Time to journey to the summit, time to right the wrong
[scribbled out]
Item 487
[NONE]
Handwritten text on lined notebook paper, oriented vertically.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
The 714-Page Book (2012)
The Laima Dedication Anthology (2011)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
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I don't do it for the love...
I do it strictly for the money, yeah
I know there's a pair of eyes
watching me and it ain't funny, honey
when you can't even hide from yourself

I give in, I put out
I get a bad taste in my mouth
I look up, I look down
I see tears all around, yeah
Item 488
[NONE]
A sheet of loose-leaf notebook paper containing ink writing and a green ink drawing.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
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written by age 33 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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The words on this page
Well we all have our troubled pasts
Things we've done we can't take back
Item 489
[NONE]
A piece of lined notebook paper with handwritten text on it, positioned next to three small paper squares with numbers drawn on them.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
ON THE 34 ALBUMSSheila Tequila [SL2] · as the song BOTTOM OF THE LAKEmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
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written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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500 =$83.00

I have the power inside me
To lead me, to guide me
And let others confide in me
When [illegible/scribbled out] their world is caving in
That they hurt
Their walls are falling down
So when they need some helping out
They know I'll be around
And I won't ever let them down

I have the precious gift to give
Where
Item 490
RAINBOW
A piece of lined notebook paper with handwritten text in blue ink.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
The 714-Page Book (2012)
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written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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J-CAT MUSE-IC
RAINBOW
See the beauty of being the first color of the rainbow
As you see where it shall lead
One by one the other colors will all follow

The rain clouds pass by
It's no wonder why
Because side by side
There's no need to be afraid

Parents and children run
Towards the happy tears of the sun
And together as one
That's how they spend the rest of their day

In this endless bliss of harmony
We get to see how easy it could be
The brilliant vibrant joy of life
Inside of you and me
Became so apparent when
The very first color felt free

To embrace their place
On the sky above
As a gentle reminder
That through courage we find love

---

Trust your wishers
Item 491
[untitled - "surviving the stairs"]
Lined notebook paper pieces accompanied by small paper squares with handwritten digits.
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Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
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written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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I left last night in the past
Only to find me in the morning
For unlike the sea and broken glass
I got cut without warning
torn and tattered
Glass was shattered
What was intact the night before

---

Forgetting or being forgotten
oblivious, forgetful, unaware
It's a game that I play
At least ten times a day
Always trying to climb up
After I fall down
It's a little game I like to play
One that I call surviving the stairs

* Left last night in the past
Only to find me in the morning
For unlike the sea and broken glass
I got cut without warning

Torn and tattered
Glass was shattered
What was intact the night before

couch surfing.org

---

Forgetting or being forgotten
Oblivious, forgetful, unaware
It's a game that I play
At least ten times a day
I always trying to climb up
After I fall down
It's a little game I like to play
One that I call surviving the stairs

I left last night in the past
Only to find me in the morning
For unlike the sea and broken glass
I got cut without warning

Torn and tattered
Glass was shattered
What was intact the might before
Item 492
[NONE]
Lined notebook paper accompanied by small paper squares.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
ON THE 34 ALBUMSThe Last Man Singing [SL1] · as the song FOURTEEN DAYSmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
180 Good Poems (2012)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Age when written
written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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I haven't played in fourteen days
Just laid in bed and hid away
I covered my tracks
And then I covered my head
Never heard a word
of what was being said
Be it behind my back
Or [?] front of my face
No, I haven't played in fourteen days

I haven't played in fourteen days
Yeah that's what I've said
The knife of love

[Scribbled, illegible text covering the right side of the second page]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
Cameron
Cameron

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I haven't played in fourteen days
Just laid in bed and hid away
I covered my tracks
And then I covered my head
Never heard a word
of what was being said
Be it behind my back
Or in front of my face
No, I haven't played in fourteen days

I haven't played in fourteen days
Yeah that's what I've said
the knife of love
Item 493
[NONE]
Long horizontal strip of paper
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Age when written
written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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You don't fight fire with fire
you fight fire with water (water)
you'll never fly any higher
Best to cool it down before things get hotter

---

Food, Sex and Survive,
taught to believe
that's all life
is.
Item 494
[NONE]
torn scrap
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
ON THE 34 ALBUMSThe Last Man Singing [SL1] · as the song GIFTmatched on the words: three or more seven-word runs shared with that song
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Age when written
written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
Copies
3 in the catalogue · also written out as number 587, 785matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
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SURVIVE TO REVIVE by being
non grudgemental

---

Booking Cheap Air
1249486705

Iceland Air # 207
Copenhagen 2:30 pm -> Reykjavik 3:40 pm

Iceland Air # 631
Reykjavik -> Boston
5:00 pm -> 6:35 pm

THURSDAY
Oct 4th

Price
$ 858.55

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Once you have everything in life there's nothing left but to give

---

I've done my share of soul searching

---

With a hundred dollars in my pocket
Love in my heart and my good name
I watched the Sun break through the clouds
And I began to feel happy again

I guess that's the power of mother nature
Good karma and strength of in one's soul
When all it takes is one happy moment
To remember who you are and regain self-control

Sure, the beer in my hand helped to lift
my spirits high
But it woulda brought out the worst in me
Had my life been based on the building upon
a series of lies

Yet when you search for eternal truths
And the essence of existence of it all
It's times like these when you know
that you will rise
When so many others would fall

Sometimes in the name of being selfish
You can find the greater good
As you understand your place in this world
things become as they should

---

Second hand knicker wearing Tramp
obliviated
Item 495
(Being HIP)
Three small pieces of white paper and one sheet of lined notebook paper.
Why it matters
Tom writes this
Type
Handwritten sheet
Collection
Tom writes this
Published in
PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
Age when written
written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
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The words on this page
Sometimes I make myself cry... it's true
while other guys lie
I swallow my pride... for you