By the Way

By the way...
your mother
she did not die
she is alive

I know
you spent weeks
balling your
eyes out

But then again
she had an affair
with Mr. shears
so I kicked her out.


This is a parody of the book The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night Time. The speaker is Christopher's dad. The audience is Christopher. The tone of this poem is sorrowful and hateful. The mood of this is shocked and overwhelmed.