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To Kill a Mockingbird
384 pages
In 129 minutes
Some things
Of course
Had to give
But the questions ignited
Cannot be satisfied
With excuses
About the time constraints
Of film adaptation
Where was the snow
That spurred the snowman
Made of dirt and slush
Of black and white
That so closely resembled
Mr. Avery?
Mr. Avery, where were you?
Where was the school
With Miss Caroline
Burris
Little Chuck Little
Walter Cunningham
And Miss Gates?
Where were Aunt Rachel
Uncle Jack
And Cousin Francis?
Where was the fire
Of Miss Maudie’s house
That brought out neighbors
And a blanket
And Boo?
Calpurnia, where was your
Church
Your congregation
Your son
Your dilemma?
Dolphus Raymond, where was your
Paper bag
Your kindly grin
Your conscious drunken swagger
Your words for Dill?
Mrs. Dubose, where was your
Addiction
Your battle
Your clock
Your camellia
Aunt Alexandra, where were your
Tea parties
Your ideas of Fine Folk
Your critiques of Atticus and Scout?
Jem, where were your
Fighting fists
Your invented games
Your tears for Boo and Tom?
Atticus, why didn’t you
Take off
Your jacket?
Scout, why didn't you
Stop
Look
Remember
Realize
On the Radley porch?
Nelle Harper Lee, what happened to your
Mockingbirds?
Your voice?
Your depth?
Your story?
Your novel?
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This is part poem, part review, and part comparison. I initially wrote it for a school assignment that required us to analyze Lee's novel in conjunction with the film adaptation and explain which one we liked better. I love them both in their own respect, but this piece was intended to express what I felt the movie lacked.