even patrick shaughnessy can be poetry. it's just bad poetry.

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yoinked from brigid:

Put your mp3 player thingy on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results.

As an added bonus, can anyone guess the 20 songs?

i opened the fire door to four lips
none of which were mine
kissing
finals blew, i barely knew
my graduation speech
i think of venus, sinking down
into the sea
textovore, the eater of text
someone that i met but i hardly knew
leaf by leaf and page by page
i've been thinking for a while i should fly
maybe i didn't like to hear but
there's this drummer i know
here's a sad story
i don't know where to start
you come from far away with pictures in your eyes
with a washcloth to his forehead
richard says to me
don't ask me why i'm crying, i'm not gonna tell you what's wrong
never buy your recording headset
from a little old gypsy lady
carbon monoxide
soon i'll go to sleep
yesterday i got so old i felt like
i could die
stop me, oh stop me, stop me
if you think that you've heard this one before
there has been a spacecraft sighted
you have my heart
and we'll never be worlds apart