Book of Poems

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This poem is from the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I really love this poem it's on my Instagram (follow me at meow._.i._.be._.dangerous) I love it so much.

 

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 all his aunts 

That was the year Father Tracey

      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 it's new paint

And the kids told him

that Father Tracey 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 about his girl

And that's what it was all about

And his 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 Tracey 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 loudly

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 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.