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    Autophobia
    Autophobia
    Autophobia
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    Autophobia

    By Hayden Pearton

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    Arthur Reed is a painter, a father, a husband, and a friend. However, ever since a traumatic incident in his childhood, he has suffered from Autophobia, the fear of being alone.
    Follow his life story, from an optimistic childhood to a difficult adulthood, as he experiences the full range of life; from lost loves and failing marriages to runaway children and soul destroying nursing homes.
    Over the course of 30 poems, you will learn what it means to fear being alone, and witness a man's desperate struggle to overcome his fears.
    Warning: Once you read this, you will never be the same... so steel your heart, fasten your seat-belt, and prepare for a journey filled with fear and fortune!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayden Pearton
    Release dateApr 24, 2018
    ISBN9781370529391
    Autophobia
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    Hayden Pearton

    Hayden Pearton is an independent author, physiotherapist and all-round good guy.He is humble beyond compare, and if you can believe that, you can believe anything.He started writing when he was eighteen and hasn’t stopped since.

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      Autophobia - Hayden Pearton

      The Age of Innocence

      The Joy of Life

      -5-

      Listen to my story, listen to my rhyme

      For once upon a simple time

      There lived a boy who loved to play

      And laughter and cheer was all he’d say

      For that boy is me and I was him

      Back before the world got grim

      But that is not now nor is it then

      When I had a mother called Rose and a father called Ben

      For now let me enjoy the life of a child

      In Ohio where winters are strong and summers are mild

      There is joy to be found in the simplest of things

      Not in fancy cars or gaudy rings

      So remember your inner child so lost

      And remember that adulthood has a steep cost

      So from all worries and fears be freed

      As you listen to the tale of Arthur Reed!

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      Paint by Numbers

      -7-

      Do you have a talent or two?

      Something that only you can do?

      Are you able to sing with perfect pitch?

      Or ride your bike over a great big ditch?

      Can you memorize every word of a play?

      Or surf a big wave on a sunny day?

      Well I have something at which I excel

      Although dad says it would never sell

      To paint a picture from the mind

      That is the talent that I did find

      For I could stand before a canvas all day long

      While others go hiking or sing a song

      I draw and sketch all that I

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