Not like the Classics [nods to Catcher in the Rye, The Member Of the Wedding and The Fox] I don’t remember Holden Caulfield, never read of his disillusionment, dead brother, phony adults and failed schools until I met a real life Holden, nothing like the classic novel, full of wonder, I was a member of a wedding, a bridesmaid twice, never felt part of a group as a teen, indeed struggled for a place among adults, not like the classic, runaway begging to be accepted, sat on the wooded edges like a fox, observing life, no jealousy, just marched on, few women friends, men entered and left, some without incident, others leaving heartache, not like them - classic where a tree falls atop a friendship Julie A. Dickson
