Mother to Son Parody

Authors Note: This is a poem parody on the poem Mother to Son by Langston Hughes.

This parody relates to Mother to son because a solider is telling the main character that he has respect him and the situation just like mother to son.  The speaker is Johnson a solider in the Vietnam war and Perry's friend. He is telling him that he will be okay and that he needs to stop worrying. The audience is Perry because Johnson is telling him what he needs to do and that he will be okay. The Tone is that Johnson is trying to care for Perry so he doesn't get hurt. The mood is making the audience feel Perry's  Perseverance and drive for the war. 

Well Perry I'll tell you

War for me ain't been no paradise

It's had barbed wire's

And claymores

And mines

And places that are so hurt it leaves a scar

But in this war

I'se been fighting

And reaching new heights

And turning older each day

And sometimes wishing I could be home

Where there was life

So Perry don't turn your back on me

Don't you give up on the American cause

because you find it will get better

Don't you quit now

For the war stills going

I'se still fighting

And war for me ain't been no paradise.