“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

Source: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

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