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[engwacoiriel]

Mood: ambivalent

"'You know what I'd like to be? I mean if I had my goddam choice?'

'What? Stop swearing.'

'You know that song "If a body catch a body comin' through the rye"? I'd like--'

'It's "If a body meet a body coming through the rye"!' old Phoebe said. 'It's a poem. By Robert Burns.'I thought it was "If a body catch a body,"' I said. '

Comments

[aranel_alde]

I am that, to some extent. I'm the one that all my friends confide in. I'm not even sure why. I don't give good advice or even good sympathy. All I do is listen...

[engwacoiriel]

. . . and what do you think of this?

Do you like it?

[aranel_alde]

I usually think it's pretty cool that they all trust me, that they'll tell me things they won't tell other people. But in certain situations it can be a bit of a burden. Like when one friend told me something that made me concerned for her well-being, and all I could do was give her my advice and hope she would listen.

[arimle]

i don't know about you or holden, but the last thing i'd ever want to be is a catcher in the rye.