Holiday Reading ~ "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

Carry on Tuesday #19 ~ Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
~ Albert Camus
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There are those who dwell on
The fringes of life
Wide-eyed
Gently rocking
The sexual and mental cradle of identity ~
Painting the usual questions
(And answers) in
Luminous watercolours
Until
Addition
(Aside) Don't walk behind me; I may not lead.
Subtraction
(Aside) Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Multiplication and
Division
Sport
No
Absolute
Boundaries
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(Aside) Just walk beside me and be my friend.
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For one year
Letters to some dear friend
(From teenage Charlie)
Spill into
An emotional
Void
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I keep quiet most of the time, and only one kid named Sean really seemed to notice me.
(page 7)
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Imagine the impulse of
Stars on
A pane of sky
Imagine the impulse is like
An orb of echidna quills
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I will call people by different names or generic names because I don't want you to find me.
(page 2)
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Small
Emotional
A reader
e. e. cummings
Catcher in the Rye
Walden
To Kill a Mockingbird
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And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didnt snow.
(page 92)
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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And somewhere in the melting pot
(Maybe the equation) is
A psychiatrist
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Epilogue
As we went into the tunnel, I didn't hold up my arms like I was flying. I just let the wind rush over my face. And I started smiling and crying at the same time...And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.
(page 213)
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