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ART BY TOM — 15
263I.B.P.Y.C.
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ART BY TOM
Tom's original artwork I.B.P.Y.C.: a lined sheet lettered large with 'Inner Beauty is art for the soul', and a full-page blue ink drawing of a spiky-haired, frowning cartoon figure standing with hands on hips, under the title I.B.P.Y.C. in block letters
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1161Byrds
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ART BY TOM
Tom's marker artwork - four white sheets of black marker drawings with the word BYRDS lettered down the side.
1606I'm glad
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ART BY TOM
Tom's three-panel poster made of cut-out photographs and hand-drawn speech bubbles, reading I'm glad I'm not him! twice before ending Oh Sh!t! I AM him.
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1611BYRDS
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ART BY TOM
Tom's artwork of the word BYRDS in orange with black marker symbols, on several sheets of white paper.
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1618I.B. Poyo
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ART BY TOM
Tom's bubble-letter marker lettering reading I.B. Poyo on a white sheet.
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1619ice BLOCK PARTY
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ART BY TOM
Tom's bubble-letter marker lettering reading ice BLOCK PARTY on a white sheet.
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1621COLORED CIRCLES - MARKER DRAWING
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ART BY TOM
Tom's marker drawing of rows of colored circles on a black ground, on a single sheet with the colors showing through on the back.
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1622QUILT PATTERN - MARKER DRAWING
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ART BY TOM
Tom's marker drawing of a geometric quilt pattern of triangles and diamonds on a large sheet folded in four.
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1623Coloured Square Grid
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ART BY TOM
Tom's marker artwork of a grid of red, orange, green, blue, yellow and white squares on a folded two-page sheet, with black outlined squares on the back.
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1624Coloured Squares Mosaic
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ART BY TOM
Tom's marker artwork of a dense mosaic of small red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, grey and brown squares centered on a white sheet.
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1625Stacked coloured rings, marker drawing
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ART BY TOM
Tom's marker drawing of stacked, tangled tubes of colored rings filling the whole sheet.
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1737NINE CIRCLES IN SQUARES
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ART BY TOM
Tom's own marker artwork NINE CIRCLES IN SQUARES, a three-by-three grid of concentric circles inside squares in red, blue, green, yellow, purple and orange, with the back covered in silver duct tape.
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1899Four two-colour silhouette portraits, marker
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ART BY TOM
Tom's own marker artwork of four pop-art head-and-shoulders silhouettes on one sheet, each in two colours - yellow and brown, green and red, blue and black, orange and purple.
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1901Subscribe
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ART BY TOM
Tom's cut-paper collage of a bald head, a pair of hands holding a Subscribe banner and a giant thumbs-up, made for his YouTube song channel.
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1915HAND-COLORED VINYL RECORD DRAWING
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ART BY TOM
A square sheet colored solid dark by hand in crayon or marker, leaving a white ring and a small white centre hole, so that it shows a vinyl record in its sleeve. There are no words on the side shown in the photo.
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS) — 8
823Do I try to reach a thousand
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's handwritten, never-published one-line note to himself, "Do I try to reach a thousand literary critics or a million people", on a small sheet of lined paper.
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1608STATS
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's handwritten notes headed STATS on lined loose-leaf, laying out his premise that life as we know it is a simulation, a game played for the entertainment of a higher being; never before published.
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1617THE SAFE ZONE
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's hand-drawn chart THE SAFE ZONE in red, green and black marker on lined paper, mapping effort from thinking to doing against risk and reward, with start and finish points joined by lines and dashed arrows; never before published.
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1729STREET RHYMES STOP CRIME SIDE WALK SONGS
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's handwritten pitch on lined notebook paper for STREET RHYMES STOP CRIME - SIDE WALK SONGS, his plan to have musicians turn his words into songs live at a bar with the audience joining in, kept with his notes The picture bank and a question list. A similar plan is stated, in different words, in the introduction of The November 2024 Collection.
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1894Mary, FUCK! I've NEVER Been this messed up before in my life.
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's raw handwritten letter in ink on three stained sheets of three-hole lined paper, pouring out his heartbreak over a girl and his best friend Corey, with nods to the Beatles and John Lennon.
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1949You Are Essentially Doing The Job Of A Computer
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Three lined journal sheets in blue ballpoint where Tom wrote reflections and self-questions - on doing work a computer could do, on balance, on your biggest weakness, on surviving in an empty room with nothing but time - divided by red rule lines.
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1997There is only one person on this Earth who I have ever had
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
A lined notebook sheet on which Tom wrote in dark ink a personal confession - that to most people he is only a voice on a video, a business card or a page in a book, and that he is trying to change that - signed Much love, Tom.
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2004LYRIC VIDEOS
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ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
A loose lined sheet with Tom's 9/30 poetry-class freewrite (Hi Ho, Hi Ho - it's off to Maine I go) and a spiral notebook in which he listed, page after page, the songs and poems he made into lyric videos.
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LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS — 6
373Rhyme word-bank worksheet (dense, fence, hence)
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LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's handwritten rhyme word-bank worksheet, three columns of rhyming words (dense, fence, hence, sense...) worked out on a hole-punched lined sheet.
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870History, Heros, Heartbreaks, Hopes
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LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's working sheet in purple and black ink on a spiral-pad page, mixing lines like "History, Heros, Heartbreaks, Hopes," "Call me the teapot / Start steaming / Then I blow," "When daddy left I got a dog" and "More wars are lost than won" with a list of names and fight-betting notes.
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1078Rhyme Word Bank Sheet
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LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's rhyme word bank, written in faint pencil on a sheet of loose-leaf with a torn perforated edge, listing rhymes such as create, estate, innate, locate, narrate and update.
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1105Some Type Of A-Z Collection
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LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's A-to-Z stack of printed lyric sheets with long taped strips of his song titles, labeled Some type of A-Z collection.
1612A Think Button that plays the sounds of crickets chirping
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LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's one-line idea sheet with a drawing of a red THINK button: A Think Button that plays the sounds of crickets chirping.
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1739BYPOET
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LOOSE LYRICS, ONE-LINERS AND RHYME WORD BANKS
Tom's handwritten quote and phrase cards headed BYPOET in orange, collecting lines and names from writers and sportscasters, kept with a sheet noting We live in a world of anti-social media.
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NOT SORTED YET (THE TYPE LINE DOES NOT SAY) — 3
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1104PIECE 1104 - PICTURE NOT FOUND YET
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NOT SORTED YET (THE TYPE LINE DOES NOT SAY)
Number 1104 is a real piece of Tom's whose picture has not been found yet - the blue-marker sheet EMPATHY IS REALLY SYMPATHY FOR THE ENLIGHTENED that this card used to describe wears number blocks 951 and sits on card 951.
1177TURTLE TANK WITH HEAT LAMP - PHOTO PRINT
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NOT SORTED YET (THE TYPE LINE DOES NOT SAY)
A colour photo print of a glass tank with a clamp heat lamp on the lid, rocks and a small turtle basking on a log, not dated yet.
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1178TOM IN A TOWEL, TOM WITH ARMS CROSSED - TWO PHOTO PRINTS
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NOT SORTED YET (THE TYPE LINE DOES NOT SAY)
Two colour photo prints of Tom, slim and shirtless in a white towel as a young man, and bald and muscular in a red tank top, not dated yet.
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NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS — 4
1653NOTE CARDS AND QUOTE FRAGMENTS
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NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's loose working notes in pencil and ink on notebook pages and cards, mixing his own one-liners with quotes and ideas he collected, such as Self-consciousness is the enemy of interestingness and Time is the answer to all questions.
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1889WEB CAM JAMS
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NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's drawing of a round logo for WEB CAM JAMS - real time, live, remote, from all over the world - his idea for online music jams, with an orange sticky note reading Million dollar idea: FAKE Pot candles.
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1898Press kits
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NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
Tom's handwritten notes on lined paper on how the music business works - managers, agents, attorneys, producers, demo tapes, press kits and building a buzz - kept with printed emails signed Tom.
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1917I NEED $$
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NOTES, PLANS AND BUSINESS PAPERS
A sheet of white paper on which Tom wrote I NEED $$$ in black marker over green scribbles - a playful handmade sign from his own desk.
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR) — 9
992BACKWARDS IS the NEW Forward!
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
Tom's hand-lettered marker sign reading BACKWARDS IS the NEW Forward! on a plain white sheet.
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1179FENDER DG10LH NS - LEFT-HANDED ACOUSTIC GUITAR
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
A Fender DG10LH NS left-handed acoustic dreadnought guitar with a natural top, black pickguard and six chrome tuners, its soundhole label reading Manufactured in Korea, not dated yet.
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1180CAD 585 - MICROPHONE WITH CABLE
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
A black CAD 585 handheld microphone with an on-off switch, on a coiled black cable with a jack plug and bands of red and blue tape, not dated yet.
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1181BOSS PRO MX-10 - TEN-CHANNEL MIXER
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
A black Boss Pro MX-10 ten-channel mixer with rows of effect and level knobs, pan controls, return and master knobs and a headphone jack on the front, not dated yet.
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1182M-AUDIO FIREWIRE SOLO - RECORDING GEAR
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
An M-Audio FireWire Solo recording interface in silver and grey with its power supply, FireWire cable and jack leads, and a blue M-Audio USB-MIDI cable, not dated yet.
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1598T-SHIRT SLOGAN SHEETS - 10 HANDWRITTEN PAGES
the slogan sheets have no date yet; one lyric page (CANDY RAPPER SUPERSTAR) is in Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
A stack of Tom's hand-drawn T-shirt slogan designs in ink and marker, such as TRUMP YOU for one party and TRUMP YOU, TOO for the other, with typed and printed lyric pages including CANDY RAPPER SUPERSTAR by his pen name Brian Rainstorm; published in Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).
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1609HANDWRITTEN SIGN - 'HIPPY BATHDAY YOU TWO'
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
Tom's handmade birthday sign reading Hippy Bathday You Two in black marker on lined paper, a draft and a larger final with playful colored correction marks.
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1610Black People Have White Souls
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
Tom's hand-lettered white posterboard placard reading Black People Have White Souls, drawn in marker with a red baseball bat, a smiling yellow face and an angry stick figure.
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1916YOUR AD HERE
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OBJECTS AND KEEPSAKES (TICKETS, POSTERS, SIGNS, SHIRTS, A GUITAR)
A small cut-out piece of white paper that Tom colored with yellow marker and lettered YOUR AD HERE, finished with a hand-drawn smiley face.
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POEMS IN POEMS BY TOM — 1
787Duty 410
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POEMS IN POEMS BY TOM
Tom's handwritten full love poem DUTY 410 ("I'm so entranced / your spell I'm under"), in pen on three-hole lined paper with syllable counts, a crossed-out boxed section and a side note - a reworking of lines from his poems DUTY (Tom's Anthology, 2011) and YOUR NAME (Poems By Tom, 2007), plus lines that are in no book.
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POEMS IN THE 34 ALBUMS — 2
134My mind is screaming!
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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581I AM ALWAYS ALONE
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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, from his 34 albums.
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED — 35
15Dreams to aspire
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten unpublished short poem "Dreams to aspire / Now flat as a tire," five lines on the back of a printed schedule sheet.
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113WARFARE
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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231Well you used to think that baby let it go
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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232A week in the life of a man who's got a lot
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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233A girl named Mary got a poem a long time ago
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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294No, I don't have a flashy new car
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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296whatever she did... it ain't my kid
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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298Well we're living here in Elayna town
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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320NOT LOOKING FOR PURITY
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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460She was very Trailor-ly when we first met
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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663The saga of a slave
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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665A Poet, Journalist, Novelist, a Sports Writer
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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727I, I don't want to lie to you
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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".
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783RUNNING LATE, I got the power, to hang up on Schitzofrenia
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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815Here I Am Back Again
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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824I've been staring at the moon
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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839Gotten so bad lately
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem "Gotten so bad lately / No I don't say anything at all," on a small lined card; previously unpublished.
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871After you've won every battle
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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897How many people know themselves that well
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
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.
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922She keeps watching out for someone
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem "She keeps watching out for someone / Though she knows not when he'll come / Standing holding an umbrella," in ballpoint pen; a three-line fragment on an otherwise blank sheet. The lines are not found in any of Tom's book texts or albums.
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936Father Time
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem Father Time, "The casino and father-time / Two who will take your last dime," in black ink on a plain white sheet; previously unpublished.
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943Soggy Rice Cakes
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem Soggy Rice Cakes, "Expect a crunch / And you got to chew / How you react is up to you," with notes on artists and the gray color of clouds below, in pencil and black ink on a plain white sheet; previously unpublished.
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961Now it's time for me to pretend to be a poet
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short poem "Now it's time for me to pretend to be a poet / Tell me any lie and I'll pretend to know it's true," in black ink on a plain white sheet; previously unpublished.
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965What's Wrong With Getting Swept Away In A Movie?
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten one-line poem "What's wrong with getting swept away in a movie?" on a single sheet of lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
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966I've got good ones, bad ones
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten short lines "I've got good ones, bad ones / Happy ones, sad ones / Just tell me the mood that you're in," on a lined sheet laid over a second lined sheet; previously unpublished.
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996I know a lot of dirty words
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten two-line poem I KNOW A LOT OF DIRTY WORDS on a single sheet of three-hole lined notebook paper with torn edges; never before published.
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1011Finally at the top of the hill is where I'm standing
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten four-line poem FINALLY AT THE TOP OF THE HILL IS WHERE I'M STANDING on lined notebook paper, about his life finding its voice, sharing the sheet with arithmetic sums and a drawn box of school grades; never before published.
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1025Through you I'll kiss away my bitterness
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten couplet THROUGH YOU I'LL KISS AWAY MY BITTERNESS, written in pen on a sheet of lined notebook paper - and find my way home through the wilderness; never before published.
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1032I picked up a piece of trash in the park near where I live
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten poem I PICKED UP A PIECE OF TRASH IN THE PARK NEAR WHERE I LIVE in cursive ink on lined notebook paper - maybe I can't change the world, but still I've got something to give; never before published.
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1033I'm in love w/ myself
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's short poem I'M IN LOVE W/ MYSELF, written in faint pencil on a torn, crumpled brown paper bagel bag from a donut shop, the printed logo on the other side; never before published.
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1056Drivin' down the street on the right side of the road
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten poem DRIVIN' DOWN THE STREET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD on a torn slip of lined notebook paper, about driving with the windows down in winter past frowning people at the bus stop; never before published.
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1082I Don't Want To Lie To You
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's lyric I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU, handwritten in black marker on a torn piece of brown corrugated cardboard, a confession saved for the very end; never before published.
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1201Quantity vs. Quality
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's short poem QUANTITY VS. QUALITY, handwritten in purple ink on a sheet of lined notebook paper, a cheeky couplet about perfect plumage and spreading genes; never before published.
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1301This neverending state of chaos reigns
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten four-line poem THIS NEVERENDING STATE OF CHAOS REIGNS in cursive on lined notebook paper, a protest that we fan the flames at home while sending billions overseas; never before published.
1734I am the poet and traveller of 1883
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POEMS NOT YET RELEASED
Tom's handwritten poem I am the poet and traveller of 1883 in pencil and ink on four lined notebook pages, told in dated entries by an immigrant sailing from Peking to San Francisco for the gold mountains and finding his dreams unfulfilled.
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PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS — 2
1594Red-Circled Typed Lyric Pages And Poetry Competition Entry
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PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
A large set of Tom's loose, three-hole-punched typed lyric and poem pages, each numbered in a red marker circle, with his handwritten notes on songs such as EXIT THE SANDMAN, kept with a printed book ONLY THE BEST and with his typed Poetry Competition entry letter to 'Professors and poetry admirers'.
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1721AMERICÆ nova Tabula.
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PRINTED BOOKS, BINDERS AND NOTEBOOKS
Tom's Paperblanks notebook with an antique map cover (AMERICAE nova Tabula), its lined pages still blank apart from a torn-out page edge.
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SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES — 3
1502SCHOOL PORTRAIT - PINSTRIPE JERSEY
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SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A studio school portrait from Tom's school years of a young man in a white pinstripe shirt and a red tie, mounted in a brown presentation folder with gold trim.
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1530Standardized Test Score Report With Bar Graphs
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SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A printed standardized test score report with bar graphs from Tom's school years.
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1556SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL - SALEM MA PATCH
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SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
An embroidered round SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL - SALEM MA patch of Tom's - blue with a gold border, the letters S J S drawn as figures playing sports - photographed with a printed birthday card to MR T for his 34th solar return, a big dotted letter T on its front, lying on his LadyWeaver planning sheets.
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SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES — 4
1922MY FAVORITES
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SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
Four sheets of white paper on which Tom listed, in blue and black ink, his favorite song titles of his own - Any Given Day, Looking for Love, Daddy Taught Me, Little Bird and many more - including a MY FAVORITES list and a numbered ranking.
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1928TOM'S OWN GREATEST HITS
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SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A stained off-white sheet, written front and back in black ink, where Tom listed his own greatest hits, 53 titles starting with Married to Something Else, A Perfect World and Get Outta My House.
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1929SONG TITLE LIST
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SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
Four plain white sheets on which Tom wrote out in black ink, the first six titles in red, an alphabetical list of his song titles, from Adam and Eve and A Fresh Start through Looking for Love (song list 3, track 2) and Shadow of Smoke to Which way to the bridge.
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1966SORTED BY CATEGORIES
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SET LISTS, SONG LISTS, TITLE LISTS AND INDEXES
A large set of Tom's sorting papers - typed and handwritten page lists of his songs, index pages of the book with every title marked over in a category color, a colored bubble chart of his themes, and a printout headed SORTED BY CATEGORIES grouping every title under LOVE, HEARTBREAK, FUNNY, CHOMSKIAN and the rest.
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