Author's Note: This is a poetic response to The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime. To a young autistic boy, lying is something he isn't used to. He likes the truth, and expects it from everyone. Yet did he know that his own father would lie to him about his mother being dead.
Saying, expecting,
Nothing but the truth.
The normal routine
For a special boy,
Living in a world,
Of unspoken words,
And lies.
His own father,
Someone he believes,
Lied to him,
About something so dear,
His mother.
All his life,
A young boy grew up,
Thinking his mother had passed.
His father,
Someone he can trust,
Had lied to him,
"Your mother is dead."
Grown up as a teenager,
This young,
Special boy,
Discovers the truth,
The unspoken words,
His mother is alive.
So you finished the book! I like the poem; very nice, and succinct
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool way to expplain everything that happened in the book. I like the repetitive patterns you use. The only thing I would change is that the ending of the poem seems a bit sudden, but if that's the effect you're going for, it sounds awesome!
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you set up the poem and the theme about the unspoken words, it was really cool. the ending was really interesting because it was kind of a surprise in the book when his mom was alive, and in your poem it is also really sudden and suprising. Great job!
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