Coba jelasin Puisi-puisi dari Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie dong

Bagian pertama: Where Love is a Scream of Anguish

"When You Come to Me"

"How I Can Lie to You"

Bagian kedua: Just Before the World Ends

"When I Think About Myself"

"On a Bright Day, Next Week"

"Letter to an Aspiring Junkie"

"Miss Scarlett, Mr. Rhett and Other Latter-Day Saints"

"We Saw Beyond Our Seeming"

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