152.Wishes you to get reading

I'm reading this at the moment,and I reccomend it to all of you.I haven't yet finished it,but it really is the sort of book that makes you think a lot.Possibly not the sort of book you'd want to read when you're feeling sad,because it most likely would make you feel sadder. It's like listening to the smiths music when your sad...it just makes you feel lower.
I've just written all that and realised that it really doesn't make it a sound an appealing read,but seriously if you can,read it. It's very poignant and interesting,though it makes you want to live your own "glory days" and get high,and have hippie stories like your parents(well,atleast my parents).It's actually not set in the 60's,but it does have a nostalgic american feel.Theres this one poem in it (not written by the character) that is amazing.Okay,I haven't got much knowledge of poetry,but I just loved it....even though it's utterly depressing.Is it wrong of me to like something sad?......

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 a lot
And the 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 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 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 her
That was the year that 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.

So I urge you all to read it!I hardly ever really have favourite books,because I just seem to enjoy everything I read.Now I have a true favourite(and I haven't even finished it!).
S