Tom's story: 2022
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2022 — Tom was 43 and 44
3 pieces on this year: 3 from a range of years, shown here in the middle.
ABOUT 2022: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1597RATED R · on the adults-only pages
650Well today when they lie
about 2019-2026 (age 40 to 48) BEST GUESS
POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten poem in blue ink on a sheet of lined notebook paper with a torn bottom, written beside his own grocery list that begins 'Bird Bread', not published in any of Tom's dated books; its typed version is the poem TINY LITTLE GENOCIDE.
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1650QUOTE CARDS AND SKETCH NOTES
about 2019-2026 (age 40 to 48) BEST GUESS
LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's handwritten notes in blue, black and purple ink on loose notebook sheets, collecting quotes from history and film alongside his own lyric fragments, including a Politricks card and a Damn John Jay! passage.
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1651RATED R · on the adults-only pages
1652ROME NEVER FELL
about 2019-2026 (age 40 to 48) BEST GUESS
LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
A crumpled handwritten sheet: a short note in brown ink at the top (Fri 3pm, this Sat 7am), then six lines in purple ink that begin Privitize the gains, Socialize the losses and end Rome never fell, it just learned Italian, French and Spanish - with learned written above a crossed-out word.
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MEMORABILIA FROM THIS STORY
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What the words mean: PROVED a date or a dated book proves it. BEST GUESS our best reading, not yet proved. TOM SAID Tom's own word. LIKELY strong clues, not yet proved. NOT PROVED an estimate from the pieces around it. NOT SURE the sources disagree. No word: the card gives none yet. "About 1996-2002" means somewhere in those years; the piece is shown once, in the middle year.