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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED - PAGE 18 OF 19
The pages by the 16 kinds on the whole pie. This kind (W4, writing branch) has 642 pieces on these pages. Inside a kind: oldest to newest, by the year each piece sits on in Tom's story, year by year. Pieces with no date found yet come last. The same year: by number. The heading above a piece is its group. Every piece has exactly one full listing; none lost.
Also in this kind, for adults only: 1 rated X, 6 rated NC-17, 7 rated R.
34 pieces on this page · every one an original · every photograph, nothing hidden · dashed lines are yours to fill
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Item 873
Maybe one day I'll be the MAN that you wanna be with
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short poem 'Maybe one day I'll be the man that you wanna be with,' on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper, written by 2025.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "Maybe one day I'll be the MAN that you wanna be with," with "prison yard rush" written at the bottom, on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem Maybe one day I'll be the MAN that you wanna be with, with prison yard rush written at the bottom, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Love ; Self-improvementdraft - not yet proved
- 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 47 at the latestproved: its words are in Tom's typed New Lyrics file (November 30, 2025), not a published book - the sheet itself may be older
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- Tom's Story: 2025
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Maybe one day
I'll be the MAN that you wanna be with
And then you'll say:
Never would have thought it
Never would have believed it
but he did
Item 875
I'm not living day to day
In one sentence: Tom's short poem 'I'm not living day to day, more like hour to hour,' with notes in the corner of a torn notebook sheet, written by 2025.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "I'm not living day to day / More like hour to hour," with "morality / society" noted in the corner, on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem I'm not living day to day / More like hour to hour, with morality / society noted in the corner.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Society ; Internal Struggledraft - not yet proved
- Age when written
- written by age 47 at the latestproved: its words are in Tom's typed New Lyrics file (November 30, 2025), not a published book - the sheet itself may be older
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- Tom's Story: 2025
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morality
society
I'm not living day to day
More like hour to hour
Talent is something
But it's not the only thing
I got used to getting my way
Didn't care what {struck: [?]} anyone say
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Item 925
I need a new color
In one sentence: Tom's short handwritten fragment beginning 'I need a new color,' in black ink on a sheet of lined notebook paper, not in any published book, written by 2025.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · FULL POEM
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem beginning "I need a new color," in black ink on a sheet of lined notebook paper; a short fragment, not in any published book.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem I need a new color, in black ink; a short fragment in his own hand, not in any published book; the same lines are in his Nov 2025 new-lyrics file as NEW COLOR.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Change
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums and every dated book text - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written by age 47 at the latestthe same words, titled NEW COLOR, are in Tom's new-lyrics file of November 2025 (a notebook file, not a book); the sheet is a working draft of it, and may be much older - best guess
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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
SHORT
Item 950
So smoothly did they
In one sentence: Tom's lines 'So smoothly did they lay on the flattery with a trowel,' under a light pencil drawing of arcs, written by 2025.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten lines "So smoothly did they LAY ON THE flattery with a trowel," under a light pencil drawing of arcs on a white sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lines So smoothly did they LAY ON THE flattery with a trowel, under his light pencil drawing of arcs.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Sheets with drawings ; Society ; Politics
- Age when written
- written by age 47 at the latestproved: its words are in Tom's typed New Lyrics file (November 30, 2025), not a published book - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2025
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② So smoothly did they
LAY ON THE Flattery with a trowel
① As they say if the peg hole don't fit then place in it
the proper dowel
Item 1648
The last time I was on a plane I wrote a song
In one sentence: A small plain pocket notebook with an unfinished draft in dark ink, 'The Last Time I Was On A Plane I Wrote A Song', written by 2025.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's small plain-covered pocket notebook with an unfinished draft in dark ink beginning The last time I was on a plane I wrote a song, about time marching on and blaming himself, kept with an unused marbled composition notebook.best guess - not yet proved
- Why it matters
- Tom's pocket-notebook draft in dark ink of an unfinished song that opens with him writing a song on a plane - a poem caught in the moment, never released.best guess - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unreleased poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Notebooks ; Travel ; Time ; Regret
- 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 47 at the latestproved: its words are in Tom's typed New Lyrics file (November 30, 2025), not a published book - the sheet itself may be older
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- Tom's Story: 2025
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The last time I was
on a plane I wrote a song
Since then nothing's gone
right
And yet time stays the
same
It just keeps
marching on...
I blame myself
For time never
Chooses sides
Time never pretends
To be anyone's friend
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Then next time
take a left
This time
follow the sun
Rather than go
chasing the night
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COMPOSITION
60 Sheets - 120 Pages
4 1/2 IN x 3 1/4 IN (11.4 cm x 8.20 cm)
In one sentence: A five-line handwritten poem, 'Dreams to aspire, now flat as a tire,' written on the back of a printed schedule sheet and never published in Tom's books.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten unpublished short poem "Dreams to aspire / Now flat as a tire," five lines on the back of a printed schedule sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's unpublished short poem "Dreams to aspire / Now flat as a tire," five lines on the back of a printed schedule - found in none of his albums or books.draft - not yet provedon file: muse MAINE
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Inspired by Maine ; Religious ; Disappointmentdraft - not yet provedthe old category list says: RELIGIOUS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
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Dreams to aspire
Now flat as a tire
Can't go any higher
To say otherwise is to be a liar
At least it can't get any worse
Dreams to aspire
Now flat as a tire
Can't go any higher
To say otherwise is to be a liar
At least it can't get any worse
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Item 78
Empty limes are being filled
In one sentence: Tom's green-ink handwritten poem 'Empty limes are being filled,' with lines on Saddam Hussein's oil and the Exxon Valdez, on a plain white sheet of paper.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten green-ink poem "Empty limes are being filled," with lines on Saddam Hussein's oil and the Exxon Valdez, on a white sheet of paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's green-ink poem "Empty limes are being filled," with lines on Saddam Hussein's oil and the Exxon Valdez - an unreleased handwritten poem; its words are in none of his books or albums so far.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- State of the World ; War ; Naturedraft - not yet provedthe old category list says: DEATH ; DRUGS & ALCOHOL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums and every dated book text - found in none of them
- Age when written
- about 1998-2003 (age 19 to 25)NOT SURE - a proposed date, not yet proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2000
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Empty limes are being filled
Sadam Husseins oil is being spilled
Exon valdez has hit a rock
Only time will tell if the leak will stop
Can't smell what the cook is rockin'
Noway to tell if this is ever stoppin
Go every day until the coffin is droppin
Every time the captain pulls up the ship hits the dock then
you find yourself upon the iceberg
then find yourself the subject of movies
If there's money in the bank
then evers thins is groovy
SHORT
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short piece 'Warfare' ('guns aren't sold... they're drawn'), handwritten on a torn white sheet with a list of kinds of warfare and CLASS circled.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten unpublished short piece WARFARE ("In a free market economy guns aren't sold... they're drawn"), on a torn white sheet with a list of kinds of warfare - racial, gender and religious struck through and CLASS circled.
- Why it matters
- Tom's unpublished short piece WARFARE ("In a free market economy guns aren't sold... they're drawn"), with racial, gender and religious warfare struck through and CLASS circled - a working note on the same subjects as his protest poems, found in none of his albums or books.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Writings (notes) ; Society ; Chomskian ; Moneydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- not knownthe piece is in no book, so there is no book date to go by
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- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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In a free market economy
guns aren't sold... they're
drawn
WARFARE
[crossed out: Racial]
Gender
Religious
CLASS
Item 134
My mind is screaming!
In one sentence: A short handwritten poem, 'My mind is screaming! My eyes are beaming!', about racing thoughts before a trip, written in blue then purple ink on a cream sheet.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "My mind is screaming! / My eyes are beaming!", about racing thoughts before a trip, in blue then purple ink on a cream sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's short poem "My mind is screaming! / My eyes are beaming!", about racing thoughts before a trip, in blue then purple ink.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Travel ; Temptationdraft - not yet provedthe old category list says: TEMPTATION (not checked by Tom)
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My mind is screaming!
My eyes are beaming!
My thoughts are racin,
For what I'll be tastin.
I'll soon be on the way.
That's all that I'll say.
Ding dong on the door,
Time for a score.
Oh hey, I'm really reeling,
How you feeling.
Hope you're not deceivin'
Or else I'll be leaving
CC..
Item 231
Well you used to think that baby let it go
In one sentence: A six-line handwritten lyric, 'Well you used to think that baby let it go,' in rough black ink on a torn loose-leaf sheet, found in none of Tom's typed books.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric 'Well you used to think that baby let it go', six lines in rough black ink on a torn loose-leaf sheet, not found in any of Tom's typed books.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten short lyric 'Well you used to think that baby let it go', six rough lines; these words are not in any of his typed books.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Poems not on the albums ; Love ; Heartbreakdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums and every dated book text - found in none of them
- Age when written
- not dated yetthese words are in no book text on disk and the sheet has no date
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- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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Well you used to think that baby let it go
Soon you see that the verdict wasn't just so
The San Franciscan descent hid from view
the politician religious {struck: wouldn't do}
Until the sense of view came through
Soon the thieves knew where just to go
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Item 232
A week in the life of a man who's got a lot
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished half lyric 'A week in the life of a man who's got a lot on his plate,' in blue ink across a loose-leaf sheet with struck words.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten, previously unpublished half lyric 'A week in the life of a man who's got a lot on his plate', in blue ink written across a loose-leaf sheet with struck words.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten, never-published half lyric 'A week in the life of a man who's got a lot on his plate' - found in none of his albums or books.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Everyday life ; Workdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
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A week in the life of a man who's got a lot on his Plat
Just one leak in the dam is all that it takes
Run, run, run
'Cause here comes the flood
Run, run, run
Feet stuck in the mud
Run, run, run
Before you start sinking
Run, run, run
Why'd you ever come?
That's exactly what you've been thinking
Stay away from all man-made creations
When you go searching for something new
Keep it all natural when you're on vacation
I've learned there's better things to do
MARGIN:
on his Plat
Item 233
A girl named Mary got a poem a long time ago
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten, previously unpublished half poem 'A girl named Mary got a poem a long time ago', looking back on being young, dumb and in love, on a plain sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten, never-published half poem 'A girl named Mary got a poem a long time ago', looking back on being young, dumb and in love - found in none of his albums or books.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Love ; Youth ; Writingdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
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A girl named Mary got a poem a long time ago
Back when I was dumb and in love and still had a long way to go.
I Don't remember if I ever told her how much I longed to hold her
Before I introduced her to my best friend
But soon shit hit the fan as best as I can understand
And it wasn't long before it all came to an end
They all disappeared
{struck: and we never spoke again}
My five best friends went away
They just sorta left me there
What was I to do or say?
Item 294
No, I don't have a flashy new car
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished pencil draft 'No, I don't have a flashy new car,' on a torn loose-leaf sheet with syllable counts down the margin and a word list in the corner.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's previously unpublished pencil draft No, I don't have a flashy new car, on a torn loose-leaf sheet with 9/4 syllable counts down the left margin and a word list in the top corner.
- Why it matters
- Tom's pencil draft No, I don't have a flashy new car, with 9/4 syllable counts down the margin showing how he measures his lines - it is in none of his albums or books, so this sheet is the only place it exists.draft - not yet provedon file: muse DENMARK
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Rhyme worksheets / working notes ; Self-image ; Humordraft - not yet proved
- Published in
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9 {struck: 4} No, I don't have a flashy new car
9 {struck: 8} I could only dream of looking like
4 A movie star
9 {struck: 8} Never {struck: needed} a {struck: secret} dog mansion on the hill
9 {struck: 8} It's in that different way {struck: that} they say
4 My looks could kill
9 Climbed to the top of the ugly tree
9 I hit every branch when I fell down
4 Sucks to be me
9 All of the children throw rocks at me
9 Even bus them in from other towns
4 'Cause I'm Fugly
9 ( I AM F-U-G-L-Y fugly)
MARGIN:
ugly
Fat {struck: without} the p
Stupid
Lazy
SHORT
Item 296
whatever she did... it ain't my kid
In one sentence: An unpublished comic ink fragment, 'whatever she did... it ain't my kid,' a few bawdy lines written on a folded spiral notebook sheet.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished comic ink fragment whatever she did... it ain't my kid, a few bawdy lines on a folded spiral notebook sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's comic ink fragment whatever she did... it ain't my kid, a few bawdy lines - it is in none of his albums or books, so this sheet is the only place it exists.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Humor
- Published in
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whatever she did...
It ain't my kid
Sassafrass cures cifilus
I grabbed her ass and thought, "I could get used
But soon I got a rash
MARGIN:
to this"
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Item 298
Well we're living here in Elayna town
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten lyric Well we're living here in Elayna town, about cops always coming around, in black ink on a spiral notebook page, with a gap left for a missing word.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric Well we're living here in Elayna town, about cops always coming around - it is in none of his albums or books, so this sheet is the only place it exists.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Society ; Hometowndraft - not yet proved
- Published in
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Well we're living here in Elayna town
And the cops are always coming around
Down at the point they're packing it up
Making the call and watch for the cops
The phone never stops
But the was handed down
And its been happening everyday
SHORT
Item 320
NOT LOOKING FOR PURITY
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished lyric 'Not Looking For Purity' ('I can be brilliant when I'm lyrical'), black ink with an orange title down the side and circled sections.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten lyric NOT LOOKING FOR PURITY (I'm not rich but I can be brilliant when I'm lyrical), in black ink with the title in orange down the side, circled sections and 9/14 syllable counts on a plain sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric NOT LOOKING FOR PURITY (I'm not rich but I can be brilliant when I'm lyrical), with circled sections and 9/14 syllable counts - it is in none of his albums or books, so this sheet is the only place it exists.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unpublished poems ; Love ; Self ; Rhyme worksheets / working notesdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
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I'm not rich but I can be
{struck: sure I'm} brilliant when
I'm lyrical
But I'm {struck: just} {struck: a real} {struck: coffee and} bitch
{struck: before my} cereal
But I'm such a bitch
I pour {struck: the} coffee on
my {struck: cold} cereal
MARGIN:
Not looking for purity
Item 460
She was very Trailor-ly when we first met
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished bawdy comic poem 'She was very Trailor-ly when we first met,' written in bold marker on a torn lined sheet.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished bawdy comic poem She was very Trailor-ly when we first met, written in bold marker on a torn lined sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's previously unpublished comic poem She was very Trailor-ly when we first met, written in bold marker on a torn lined sheet - a piece found in none of his books or albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished ; Unreleased poems ; Funny ; Love
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- not dated yetno dated book holds these words
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She was very
Trailor-ly
when we first
met...
With the clap
Came the applause
Then one day I said
Stop dropping your
dawers - Except
for me...
Item 467
I Make the Worst Girls Smile
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished poem 'I make the worst girls smile (and the best girls cry),' on a folded lined sheet with his own poem-count tallies on the lower half.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten poem I make the worst girls smile (and the best girls cry), on a folded lined sheet with his own poem-count tallies worked out on the lower half.
- Why it matters
- Tom's previously unpublished poem I make the worst girls smile ('and the best girls cry'), with his own tally of his poems worked out on the lower half ('Pub. 395') - a sheet that shows him counting his published work.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished ; Unreleased poems ; Love ; Funny
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- about 2012-2014 (age 33 to 36)likely - strong clues, not yet proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2013
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6
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[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 private
378
+17
Pub. 395
45
39
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Item 488
Well We All Have Our Troubled Pasts
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished two-line poem 'Well we all have our troubled pasts (things we've done we can't take back),' handwritten at the top of a loose-leaf sheet.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished two-line handwritten poem Well we all have our troubled pasts (things we've done we can't take back), in ink on a loose-leaf sheet with a green-ink drawing.
- Why it matters
- Tom's previously unpublished two-line poem Well we all have our troubled pasts ('things we've done we can't take back'), in ink on loose-leaf with a green-ink drawing.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished ; Unreleased poems ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- about 2007-2011 (age 28 to 33)NOT SURE - a proposed date, not yet proved
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- Tom's Story: 2009
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Well we all have our troubled pasts
Things we've done we can't take back
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Item 581
I AM ALWAYS ALONE
In one sentence: Tom's song lyric 'I Am Always Alone,' in black marker on a torn piece of tan folder paper, about chatting with 49 online friends and never seeing the sunshine.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten song lyric I AM ALWAYS ALONE, in black marker on a torn piece of tan folder paper, about a life spent chatting with 49 online friends and never seeing the sunshine.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric I Am Always Alone, in black marker on torn tan folder paper, about a life spent chatting with 49 online friends and never seeing the sunshine.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Loneliness ; Society
- On the site
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I AM ALWAYS ALONE
But the conversation never ends
You can find me at my home
Chatting with my 49 online friends
I haven't seen the sunshine
Since my computer crashed
My friends used to invite me out
And now they know not to ask
I sit on a thousand dollar chair
Which I out bid for on EBAY
I probably spent a little too much
But they delivered it the very next day
I can type eighty words a minute
I can type and chew gum
I buy everything right from my chair
Spend my time waiting for it to come
I wake up and have my coffee in Japan
Lunch {struck: is} south of the border down in Mexico
Not sure where I'm gonna have dinner
But online there's always someone to know
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Item 663
The saga of a slave
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short lyric 'The Saga Of A Slave,' about a saga that can never be forgotten, written in black marker in a spiral around a white paper plate.
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POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten short lyric THE SAGA OF A SLAVE, in black marker written in a spiral around a white paper plate, about a saga that can never be forgotten.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short lyric written in black marker in a spiral around a white paper plate, never published, about the saga of a slave that can never be forgotten - a lyric written on whatever was at hand.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten paper plate
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Odd surfaces (paper plate) ; History ; Societydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
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- Same words
- also written out as number 366
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The saga of a slave
Is one which is filled with rage
And there are some like us who can never forget it
So you just cover your face
As you question your race
Pretending that you never
Let it effect you
Since there's no, "take two"
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Item 665
A Poet, Journalist, Novelist, a Sports Writer
In one sentence: Tom's green-ink poem 'A Poet, Journalist, Novelist, A Sports Writer,' a roll call of a writer's many roles, on lined loose-leaf, found in none of his books.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · FULL POEM
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem A POET, JOURNALIST, NOVELIST, A SPORTS WRITER, in green ink on lined loose-leaf, a roll call of the writer's many roles from talk show host to musician. Not found in any of his books.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem A Poet, Journalist, Novelist, A Sports Writer, in green ink, a roll call of the writer's many roles from talk show host to musician - Tom's own list of the writer he set out to be - a sheet that never went into a book.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Writing ; Be Different
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums and every dated book text - found in none of them
- Age when written
- not dated yetno book holds these words and no date is on the sheet; the old "by age 33" proof and the binder B26 window both came from card 566's words
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a poet, journalist, novelist, a sports writer
a talk show host, a musician, a comedian
a proffesor, a junkee, a historian, a preacher
teacher.
This is what I could do if I made up my mind
Society's forcing me to choose I'm running out of time
The clock is ticking I'm not a little boy anymore
The fruit's ripe for picking but what type of seeds are
in the core?
Oh what's instore?
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Item 727
I, I don't want to lie to you
In one sentence: A black-ink version of Tom's lyric 'I, I don't want to lie to you,' on lined notebook paper, headed with his own working note 'Merge with next poem'.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten black-ink version of the lyric I, I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU on a sheet of lined notebook paper, headed with his own working note "Merge with next poem".
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten black-ink version of the lyric I, I Don't Want To Lie To You, headed with his own working note Merge with next poem - a look at how he pieced songs together.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Song drafts ; Love ; Honestydraft - not yet proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: no date found yet
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① Merge with next poem
I, I don't want to lie to you
I don't wanna be your friend
I, I just want to confide in you
That I've saved my best...
For the very end
I, I'm not sure why I'm saying this
[scribbled out] glad things [scribbled out] went the way they did
Thought I was
I, I know I'm not the kinda guy
That keeps his feelings hid
Perhaps that's where the problem is...
Item 783
RUNNING LATE, I got the power, to hang up on Schitzofrenia
In one sentence: Tom's never-published lyric 'Running Late' ('I got the power to hang up on schizophrenia'), in black ink on a sheet of lined loose-leaf.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten, never-published lyric RUNNING LATE ("I got the power / To hang up on schizophrenia"), in black ink on a sheet of lined loose-leaf.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric Running Late (I got the power / To hang up on schizophrenia), never published.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Mental health ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
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RUNNING LATE
I got the power
To hang up on Schitzofrenia
I can't talk ya through it
Couldn't do it for any of ya
So Crazy Time
IS Closing Time
I cover my ears
Pretend to walk blind
Whatever it takes
To give ya the shake
Audios Amigos
Sorry I am already
Running Late
I got the power
To
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Item 806
on Whether or not to serve power
In one sentence: Tom's never-published four-line fragment 'On Whether Or Not To Serve Power,' in ink with heavy cross-outs on a torn strip of white paper.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten, never-published four-line fragment ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SERVE POWER, in ink with heavy cross-outs on a torn strip of white paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten four-line fragment On Whether Or Not To Serve Power, never published, with heavy cross-outs on a torn strip of paper - a thought caught mid-work.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Fragments ; Chomskian ; Society ; Workdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- about 2009-2013 (age 30 to 35)NOT SURE - a proposed date, not yet proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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on Whether or not to serve power
To [crossed out word] to [crossed out word] pretty [crossed out word]
go pulling in this garden of flowers
weeds [crossed out word] when its time to work.
On [crossed out word] be like everyone else - [crossed out word] were gone
Item 815
Here I Am Back Again
In one sentence: Tom's never-published short poem 'Here I Am Back Again' ('I've come to find my long lost friend'), in dark ink on a small, aged and stained spiral notebook sheet.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten, never-published short poem HERE I AM BACK AGAIN ("I've come to find my long lost friend"), in dark ink on a small, aged and stained spiral notebook sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem Here I Am Back Again (I've come to find my long lost friend), never published, on a small aged and stained spiral sheet.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Love ; Inspiring ; Motivational ; Friendshipthe old category list says: LOVE ; INSPIRING / MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
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Here I am back,
again
I've come to find
my long lost friend
Been many years
Since I last saw him
The question wasn't
if but when
It took a little
longer than some
may have believed
We've both been cut
Many times but
So what if we bleed?
Item 824
I've been staring at the moon
In one sentence: Tom's never-published short poem 'I've Been Staring At The Moon' ('All night, but the only one who's changed'), in blue ink on a torn spiral notebook sheet.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten, never-published short poem I'VE BEEN STARING AT THE MOON ("ALL NIGHT / But the only one who's changed"), in blue ink on a torn spiral notebook sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem I've Been Staring At The Moon (ALL NIGHT / But the only one who's changed), never published, in blue ink on a torn spiral sheet.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Night ; Nature ; Internal Struggle
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I've been staring at the moon
ALL NIGHT
But the only one who's changed
Is me
still the same face I've seen before
Hasn't even moved
From what I can see
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Item 839
Gotten so bad lately
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short poem 'Gotten so bad lately, no I don't say anything at all,' handwritten on a small lined card.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "Gotten so bad lately / No I don't say anything at all," on a small lined card; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem Gotten so bad lately (No I don't say anything at all), on a small lined card, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Internal Struggle ; Heartbreakdraft - not yet proved
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Gotten so bad lately
No I don't say anything
at all
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In one sentence: Tom's sheet titled 'See Saw' with the line 'You can only be down when you're alone,' in dark blue ink above large pen scribbles and drawings.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten sheet titled "See saw" with the line "You can only be down when you're alone," in dark blue ink on lined notebook paper covered below with large pen scribbles and drawings.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten sheet See saw, with the line You can only be down when you're alone, above his own pen scribbles and drawings, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Sheets with drawings ; Lonelinessdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- about 2008-2011 (age 29 to 33)NOT SURE - a proposed date, not yet proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2009
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I just got laid off and now I'm pretty
pissed off-you better run away.
Workin here for twelveyears bustin my
but [crossed out: I got nothin to say]
Except for [crossed out: good bye] "hello, and
good bye"
I got nothin now and I got nothin to
lose.
With me holdin you hostage you don't
have many options to chose
you can try to run, try to hide.
But I'm already here inside.
With six bullets left and seven
of you
Not really sure what I'll do.
There's George, he's my boss
The one who fired me but I guess it's his loss.
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I just got laid off and now I'm pretty
pissed off-you better run away.
Workin here for twelve years bustin my
but [crossed out: dead] again and I got nothin to say.
Except for [crossed out: good bye] "hello", and
good bye
I got nothin now and I got nothin to
lose.
with me holdin you hostage you dont
have many options to chose
you can try to run, try to hide.
But I'm already here inside.
with six bullets left and seven
of you
Not really sure what I'll do.
there's George, hes my boss
The one who fired me but I guess it's his loss.
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Item 859
Trust Your Whiskers
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished one-line poem 'Trust your whiskers,' underlined, handwritten at the top of a sheet of lined notebook paper, not found in his books.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten one-line poem "Trust your whiskers," underlined on a sheet of lined notebook paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten one-line poem Trust your whiskers, underlined on lined notebook paper, not found in his books.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; One-liners ; Inspiringdraft - not yet proved
- Age when written
- about 2011-2013 (age 32 to 35)NOT SURE - a proposed date, not yet proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2012
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Item 862
i haven't played for fourteen days
In one sentence: A drawn and written notebook sheet with a scribbled-out 'i haven't played for fourteen days,' a shaded pencil circle, a pole sketch and dabs of colour.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten and drawn notebook sheet with a scribbled-out line "i haven't played for fourteen days," a shaded pencil circle, a sketch labelled "There's a hole in the pole," margin words "Second hand knicker wearing Tramp," and dabs of colour, on lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- A page from Tom's notebook where the words and the drawing meet: the scribbled-out line i haven't played for fourteen days, a sketch labelled There's a hole in the pole and the margin line Second hand knicker wearing Tramp, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet with drawings
- Collection
- Previously unpublished writings ; Sheets with drawings ; Song drafts ; Musicdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- about 2008-2012 (age 29 to 34)NOT SURE - a proposed date, not yet proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2010
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[On the lined paper, oriented vertically:]
i haven't played for fourteen days
[A vertical column of scribbles obscuring text]
[A circular drawing with shading at the top and bottom]
[A drawing of a shape, with text next to it:]
There's a hole in
the pole
[Text at the bottom, written upside down relative to the top text:]
Second hand knicker wearing Tramp
underlapped
obliviated
Item 871
After you've won every battle
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short poem 'After you've won every battle and yet still lost the war,' in blue ink on a sheet of notebook paper torn from a spiral.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "After you've won every battle and yet still lost the war," with a note in the corner, in blue ink on a sheet of lined notebook paper torn from a spiral; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem After you've won every battle and yet still lost the war, in blue ink on spiral-torn notebook paper, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Internal Struggle ; Lossdraft - not yet proved
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ATORVASTATIN
levothyroxine
After you've won every battle
and yet still lost the war
is when you see the tragedy
Wonder what the fussin' and fighting's for
(Come fuck me pumps)
Item 872
I let 'em see me sweat
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished poem 'I let 'em see me sweat as I cried in my beer,' with 'My demons are like faithful dogs' below, on spiral notebook paper.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "I let 'em see me sweat / As I cried in my beer," with the lines "My demons are like faithful dogs / Arriving when summoned" and "A chink in the armor," on a sheet of lined spiral notebook paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem I let 'em see me sweat / As I cried in my beer, with the lines My demons are like faithful dogs / Arriving when summoned, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Internal Struggle ; Drinkingdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written by February 5, 2020 at the latest (age 41)range: the lines are a draft of MONARCH in A Lifetime of Rhyme (February 5, 2020) - the sheet may be older
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- Tom's Story: 2020
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I let 'em see me sweat
As I cried in my beer
My demons are like faithful dogs
Arriving when summoned
Cracks...
A chink in the armor
Item 897
How many people know themselves that well
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished one-line poem 'How many people know themselves that well,' with one word crossed out, on a single plain white sheet.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten one-line poem "How many people know themselves that well," with one word crossed out, on a single plain white sheet; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten one-line poem How many people know themselves that well, with one word crossed out, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; One-liners ; Self-awarenessdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Same words
- also written out as number 798
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How many people know themselves that [crossed out] well