An extract.

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This is from a book called The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky. I think it is a most beautiful piece of writing and just figured we might possibly discuss it or, I dunno, something other than the usual ****e in here. Anyway, I digress. Enjoy.

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Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops" because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door and read it to his aunts
That was the year Father Tracy took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a Valentine signed with a row of X's
And he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it.

Once on a white piece of paper with blue lines he wrote a poem
And he called it "Autumn" because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because of its new paint
And the kids told him that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed when he asked her to go see Santa Claus
And the kids told him why his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him in bed at night
And his father got mad when he cried for him to do it.

Once on a paper torn from his notebook he wrote a poem
And he called it "Innocence: A Question" because that was the question about his girl
And that's what it was all about
And the professor gave him an A and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because he never showed her
That was the year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end of the Apostle's Creed went
And he caught his sister making out on the back porch
And his mother and father never kissed or even talked
And the girl around the corner wore too much makeup
That made him cough when he kissed her
But he kissed her anyway because that was the thing to do
And at three a.m. he tucked himself into bed, his father snoring soundly.

That's why on the back of a brown paper bag he tried another poem
And he called it "Absolutely Nothing"
Because that's what it was really all about
And he gave himself an A
And a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
Because this time he didn't think he could reach the kitchen.

strawberry

That's beautiful.

It's definitely the best thing I've read on this board in a long while, more would be welcome

down with movie threads I say!

Raphael

Thats.....Amazing

Theres no other word to describe it, its just amazing

Liquorice

I love that book. I've read it five times, at the very least. It's the most amazing, believable, honest work of fiction I have ever read. That poem is quite possibly the sweetest, saddest, most beautiful part of the book, which is as a whole sweet, sad and beautiful.

Crash

that is one of the best pieces of poetry i've come across in a long time. Jenny showed it to me cus she absolutely adores that book.

nosmo

Nice

The book is yet another unfortunate victim on my "should read sometime" list.

vikki

That is such a fantastic piece of literature! I'm getting that book as soon as possible! That is the sort of thing people like to read on the boards i reckon!

Vikki*:p