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THIS IS NOT MINE i didnt write this but it was a GREAT poem
"Once on yellow peice of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"
because that was the name of his dog
And thts wat it was about
And his teacher gave him an A
and a gold star
adn his mother hung it on the kitchen door
and read it to his aunts
tht ws the year Father Tracy
took all the kids to the zoo
adn he let them sing on the bus
adn his little sister was born
with tin toenails adn no hair
adn his mother and father kissed a lot
adn the girl around the corner sent him a
Valentine signed with a row of X's
adn his father tucked him in bed at night
and was alwas there to do it
Once on a peice of white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
and he called it "Autumn"
becasue tht ws wat it ws about
adn his teacher gave him an A
adn asked him to write more clearly
and his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
becasue of its new paint
adn the kids told him
tht father tracy smoked cigars
adn left butts ong the pews
adn somthimes they would burn holes
tht was the year his sister got glasses
with thick lenses adn black frames
adn the girl around the corner laughed
when he asked her to go see Santa Claus
adn the kids told him why
his mother adn father kissed alot
adn his father never tucked him in bed at night
adn his father got mad
when he cried for him to do it
once on a piece of paper torn from his notebook
he wrote a poen
adn he called it "Innocence: A Question"
becasue tht was the question about his girl
adn thts what it was about
adn his professor gave him an A
adn a strange steady look
adn his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
tht was the year father tracy died
adn he forgot how the end of the Apostle's Creed went
asn he cassught his sister
making out on the back porch
adn his mother and father never kissed
or even talked
and the girl around the corner
wore too much make up
tht made him cough when he kissed her
but he kissed her anyway
because tht was the thing to do
and at three a.m. he tucked himself into bed
his father snoring loudly
thts y on the back of a brown paper bag
he tried another poem
adn he called it "absolutel Nothing"
because tht what it was really about
and he gave himself and A
adn a slash on each damned wrist
adn he hung it on the bathroom door
becasue this time he didnt think
he could reach the kitchen"
- pgs. 70-73 by Stephen Chbosky , The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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