This found poem came from a short story called: “Thank You Ma’m”. Parts of this found poem can be found in paragraphs 33 to 36. The internal conflict of this found poem is where the boy has a chance to leave the house, but because Mrs. Jones trusted him, he did not leave. Evidence for this claim is in paragraph 36:” Mrs jones got up behind the screens. The woman did not watch the boy nor the purse. ( As you can see Mrs. Jones trusted him to not steal and not run away) But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him in the corner of her eye if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted.” My poem shows the concept of how the boy could have run away or he could have stayed so and be trusted.

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