I was mentioning this poem I wrote like 6 years ago to a friend of mine that had to do with Holden Caulfield, and I decided to dig it up. I forget the context I wrote it in, but in any case, here it is...
Conversation with Holden Caulfield
I spoke to Holden Caulfield
And he said everything would be alright.
I asked him why,
He said because of the stars
in the sky at night.
I asked about the ducks,
The ones that flew away.
He said he didnt care anymore
To him, they were just another day.
And the stars?
The stars were different, he said.
The stars were different.
They were as perennial as
the sight in his eyes
They were always in the skies,
in their perfect constellations.
Free in space.
The thought of stars,
brought a light to his face.
"I cannot wait till night falls
to see my own festival of stars
From within these four white walls
And through the this window
this window with bars.."
I left Holden Caulfield,
who had said everything would be alright.
And I found out that they would be
That very same night..
(21/2/2003)
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