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Catcher
Throwing question marks of meaning to the wind
No,to the stars
to the galaxy
to the universe
catching only stardust
An ingrediant
not an answer
Trapped in a mind
lost in the maze of its wanderings
No,wonderings
questions
relentless observations
An escape to New York City
No, a quest
to save a damsel that calls herself 'Purpose'
A fairy-tale
where every action is done but not acknowledged
not questioned
not cared for
Honesty is requested
the truth is not
Saw reality so vividly
that he sees lies, fabrication, and fantasy around every street corner
in every taxicab
on every barstool
Every word that was spoken,
a masquerade with painted faces
Woke up from a dream where he could walk on water
into a nightmare where he was drowning at see
Sees reality from the persepctive of a broken mirror
Reality
whose only realness are the people that skirt around it like they would a stray dog,ignoring its existance
Reality is understanding that most people do not want to see its wounds
He saw the wounds but everybody turned away when he tried to help
Shown that life is a game one plays by rules
Rules that told him that if he wasn't them
he was invisible
Broke every rule because he could see the playing cards mocking him
his pain
his fallen innocense
Playing every card wrong
because he had already lost everything playing them right
Wondering simply where the ducks went when their home froze around them
wondering how hard it would be to join them
"Don't let disappear" he said
because he could finally see the world itself pressing him into oblivion
Falling to catch unscathed hearts before they dropped into the same abyss he was trapped in
Let them run through the rye to the end of time
Dancing horses with his sister riding
with cold rain turning her cheeks pink
riding to music in endless circles
Letting him know that life continued moving even through the coldest of times
That whatever beauty he caught
he would hold onto it
and cherish it
until it is time to let go
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I wrote this in response to those who greatly dislike this book. This is all the arguments I have surrounding Holden's character in poetry form.