Ain't no sunset

Author's Note: This essay in poem form is a parody of the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, telling how the main character of the novel "Monster' by Walter Dean Myers is doing with his time in jail. As the author of the current essay I am informing the reader on Steve Harmon's time in jail through a parody poem.

Well, dad, I'll tell you:

Jail for me ain’t been no sunset.

It's was dark,

And cold,

And scary,

And people got beat --

Killed.

But the whole time

I thought of you,

And mom,

And Jerry,

And sometimes even that night

Where I showed up with him dead.

So dad, don't you give up on me.

Don't you walk away from me

'Cause you think I’m done?

Don't you go now --

For I'm still here, dad,

I'm still with you,

And jail for me ain’t been no sunset.

This poem is for the novel "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers. The one who is telling the poem is the main character, Steve Harmon. He is telling his father what it is like in jail for him, people being beat or even killed, and how lucky he is to not be dead, and how he misses the family. The tone for Steve is scared, or depressed. The mood for the father is going to be pretty sad for his son, also happy that his son is still well living and still with him.