This was a poem I had to do for an English assignment. It's a culled poem (the words and phrases are all from To Kill a Mockingbird. Please R&R and tell me what you think!
Boo
The man in the corner
was leaning against the wall,
with sickly white hands
and colorless gray eyes-
a malevolent phantom.
Atticus had not brought a chair
for the man in the corner.
Strange,
but he was more comfortable where he was.
Guilty… guilty… guilty…
Sickly white hands
drove the scissors into his parent's leg.
He dined on raw squirrels and any
cats he could catch.
But never a mockingbird:
It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Bob Ewell wasn't crazy,
mean as hell,
wasn't crazy.
Boo's children needed him
Halloween night:
Bob Ewell killed himself.
Boo.
He hadn't done any of those things.
When they finally saw him,
a timid smile crept onto his face.
A malevolent phantom
escorted her down the sidewalk,
as any gentleman would do.
Inside the house,
I was laughing.