A Sad, Strange Poem

[Peffkitten]

Written by Dr Earl Reum

Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he clled 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 his 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 Xs
and he had to ask his father what the X's mean
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 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 peper 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 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 soundly

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.

[noony]

wow, that's pretty cool, in a terribly dark way, put's me in a pensive mood..  

[Lauren]

That is really dark and strange.

[Charlie]

I'm too emotional

[Nicôle]

I don't think 'liked' is the appropriate word, but it was very moving.

[Charlie]

It actually made me cry. But then this week I've cried at:

Saves The Day - "At Your Funeral"
And a movie called "The Ballad Of Lucy Whipple." Her brother died. His name was Butte. That wasn't the bit that made me cry though.

I also cried because I couldn't do my nail varnish right. I'm in an over emotional mood.  

[noony]

you weren't cryin in pain at that saves the day video were you? i love the song, but that video.... grrr.. it makes me want to break things

[Charlie]

No no. Genuine tears of sadness. The video's great! What'cha talking about?!

[noony]

ahh, it's just the way all he does is stand there, and he kinda sings out the side of his mouth, and the bits where he's not singing and just stands there looking at me... argh! i guess i just don't like being stared at by strangers...  

it's a nice idea, and i know he's the only original member of the band, but how self-centred does it make him seem??

[Charlie]

haha. ok i get your point!   he does have a wonky mouth!

[Molly]

I thought his mouth was wonky, but was too scared to say, as everyone was being all emotional, I didn't think it was very appropriate at the time.
I didn't think the song was very sad. It was at first, but then the music gets all happyily pop-punky. I think I mean emo. I don't know, I get lost in too many music terms. It just lost that sad touch, I'm afraid.
Char, you're really cute. I know just what you mean about the nail varnish, everything makes you gradually sadder and then that one little thing just pushes you over the edge and makes you cry, and when people ask why are you crying all you can say is 'i've lost my pen!' or something, then everyone thinks you are very strange.
I think the prettiest star by Bowie, although not the album version, too clinky cheerful, makes me cry everytime. I'm quite sad
The manics make me cry all the time. In certain moods everything makes me cry. I started crying in my GCSE art exam, I didn't even know why i was crying that time. I'm just making myself sound like a complete fool.

This song is sad:

I've been alone, all the years
so many ways to count the tears
I never change, I never will
I'm so afraid, the way I feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony's torn at my heart too long
so afraid
slip and I fall and I die

I've been alone, always down
No one cared to stay around
I never change, I never will
I'm so afraid, the way I feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony's torn at my heart too long
I'm so afraid
I slip and I fall and I die

( I was listening to 24 hour party zone as I typed that out   )

[noony]

i haven't cried in a long time, it can't be good, i must have all this pent up emotion..

i was close to tears when i first heard the song Make Friends With Time by Last Days Of April, and no song has ever made me feel like that, it was weird, i think i had just a bad day and i was in my room at uni all alone and i was watching this vet program in the middle of the night where they had to put down this little puppy like you said it all kinda adds up...

[Lauren]

Music tends to make me pensive, rather than make me cry. Evaporated is the song I know which does that to me the most;

www.even-deeper.com/benfoldsfive/evaporated.html

As with most lyrics, I think it has to be heard with the music to get across the full effect.