found poem:
This found poem is created with the words in the story “thank you ma’am” By Langston Hughes. It’s a story about a thief boy trying to steal the purse of Ms. Jones. In my found poem I tried to use the least amount of word and reflect the conflict in the story. The conflict in the story is an internal conflict, about the struggle between the boy making the decision of whether he should escape and be mistrusted or he should stay, but risk getting sent to jail. this is shown when the boy was looking at the door that has been left open: “After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what next. The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run!”. the struggle was also shown when “The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. But the boy took care to sit. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.” at last the boy decides to stay trusted by the women.