the melancholy death of oyster boy

Once upon a time a long time ago I read Tim Burton's collection of short stories titled "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy". They are funny and ironic. One in particular is the story "Stick Boy and Match Girl in Love" (ya know since Valentine's Day is coming up...)

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.

This one is one of my favorites however.

Hysterical, especially in its brevity.