Written by Dr. Earl Reum

[Renegade_Turner]

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 alot
And the little 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 piece of white 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 in 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 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 it to her
That was the year 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 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 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.

[Grayswandir]

Nice...
I like this poem.

[Colicedus]

Interesting Poem...
Im taking it you did not right this...

[Renegade_Turner]

Last I checked my name was not Dr. Earl Reum.

It's taken from a book by Stephen Chbosky, "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower", which is now a bit of a cult novel.

It's about growing up, and is not only enjoyable for those growing up. It provides some nostalgia for people who have already grown up.

It's set in 1991/1992.

[Colicedus]

ah yes... around the time I was born.

[BunnyWithStick]

>_<

[invertin]

...Thats... Sort of depressing..

But it is a good poem, I admit.

[Crill3]

[Renegade_Turner]

Thanks for the contributions, Crill3 and BWS. I thought long and hard about the points you made.

Yeah, the poem is kind of depressing. It's supposed to be. I'm pretty sure its pointing out how when a boy or girl is young they are innocent and trusting, but then as life continues they realise everything in the world is not good and right, and they are corrupted, some so much so that they go as far as the boy who was the subject of this particular poem.

[Zantalos]

Dude you guys, I think he died at the end.

[Ultimatum479]

.........................................

[Renegade_Turner]

Dude you guys, I think he died at the end.

Lol was that a joke or did you really think it was unobvious?

[Crill3]

He said "Dude you guys". I laughed. So it's probably a joke.

[Colicedus]

I like the Poem anyway.
Its dark. Dark things are interesting to observe and fun to experience.

[Renegade_Turner]

Well I can't say I had much fun reading the poem..but ehh..I kinda get what you mean.