Tim Burton · 115 pages
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“Stick Boy liked Match Girl,
He liked her a lot.
He liked her cute figure,
he thought she was hot.
But could a flame ever burn
for a match and a stick?
It did quite literally;
he burned up quick.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“Son, are you happy?
I don't mean to pry,
but do you dream of Heaven?
Have you ever wanted to die?”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“My name is Jimmy,
but my friends just call me
the hideous penguin boy.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“They took a baseball bat
and whacked open his head.
Mummy Boy fell to the ground;
he finally was dead.
Inside of his head
were no candy or prizes,
just a few stray beetles
of various sizes.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“Mr. Smith yelled at the doctor,
What have you done to my boy?
He's not flesh and blood,
he's aluminum alloy!"
The doctor said gently,
What I'm going to say
will sound pretty wild.
But you're not the father
of this strange looking child.
You see, there still is some question
about the child's gender,
but we think that its father
is a microwave blender.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“My diagnosis," he said
"for better or worse,
is that your son is the result
of an old pharaoh's curse.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James, unaware
he had been mauled by a grizzly earlier this year.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“The Boy with Nails in His Eyes
put up his aluminum tree.
It looked pretty strange
because he couldn't really see.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is leaving a nasty stain!”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“Alone and rejected, Mummy Boy wept,
then went to the cabinet
where the snack food was kept.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“Cabeza de melón
Había un niño taciturno,
de hombre y melón un injerto.
Tenía el ánimo nocturno
por desear tanto estar muerto.
Pero hay que tener cuidado
con lo que se desea.
Pues él acabó en jalea
tras un pisotón bien dado.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
Tim Burton
Born place: in Burbank, California, The United States
Born date August 25, 1958
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