tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872704942379618557.post5587039531392872030..comments2023-08-11T16:47:19.884+08:00Comments on Taichiseal Charts: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyTaichisealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16408626185813147200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872704942379618557.post-35760851125854060052012-11-19T05:16:29.380+08:002012-11-19T05:16:29.380+08:00Wow. This is dark. Don't know the book or the ...Wow. This is dark. Don't know the book or the movie, but just reading this I get flashes of "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" with slashes of "Trainspotting". <br /><br />Sounds good. <br /><br /><br />Don Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192141312573949221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872704942379618557.post-12967706687538776772012-11-13T01:59:20.031+08:002012-11-13T01:59:20.031+08:00“Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
...“Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines<br />he wrote a poem<br />And he called it "Chops"<br />because that was the name of his dog<br /><br />And that's what it was all about<br />And his teacher gave him an A<br />and a gold star<br />And his mother hung it on the kitchen door<br />and read it to his aunts<br />That was the year Father Tracy<br />took all the kids to the zoo<br /><br />And he let them sing on the bus<br />And his little sister was born<br />with tiny toenails and no hair<br />And his mother and father kissed a lot<br />And the girl around the corner sent him a<br />Valentine signed with a row of X's<br /><br />and he had to ask his father what the X's meant<br />And his father always tucked him in bed at night<br />And was always there to do it<br /><br />Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines<br />he wrote a poem<br />And he called it "Autumn"<br /><br />because that was the name of the season<br />And that's what it was all about<br />And his teacher gave him an A<br />and asked him to write more clearly<br />And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door<br />because of its new paint<br /><br />And the kids told him<br />that Father Tracy smoked cigars<br />And left butts on the pews<br />And sometimes they would burn holes<br />That was the year his sister got glasses<br />with thick lenses and black frames<br />And the girl around the corner laughed<br /><br />when he asked her to go see Santa Claus<br />And the kids told him why<br />his mother and father kissed a lot<br />And his father never tucked him in bed at night<br />And his father got mad<br />when he cried for him to do it.<br /><br /><br />Once on a paper torn from his notebook<br />he wrote a poem<br />And he called it "Innocence: A Question"<br />because that was the question about his girl<br />And that's what it was all about<br />And his professor gave him an A<br /><br />and a strange steady look<br />And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door<br />because he never showed her<br />That was the year that Father Tracy died<br />And he forgot how the end<br />of the Apostle's Creed went<br /><br />And he caught his sister<br />making out on the back porch<br />And his mother and father never kissed<br />or even talked<br />And the girl around the corner<br />wore too much makeup<br />That made him cough when he kissed her<br /><br />but he kissed her anyway<br />because that was the thing to do<br />And at three a.m. he tucked himself into bed<br />his father snoring soundly<br /><br />That's why on the back of a brown paper bag<br />he tried another poem<br /><br />And he called it "Absolutely Nothing"<br />Because that's what it was really all about<br />And he gave himself an A<br />and a slash on each damned wrist<br />And he hung it on the bathroom door<br />because this time he didn't think<br /><br />he could reach the kitchen.” <br />― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a WallflowerTaichisealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16408626185813147200noreply@blogger.com