Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Tell Tale

When my sister got custody
Of my son, and they then left town,
Folks around started asking me
Where Matt was, and that got me down.
So I said that my son was dead,
Killed in a bad car accident.
To stop questions, I went ahead
And had a funeral event,
With an obituary too.
I guess I overdid a bit.
They found out my tale was untrue.
Now, I'm stuck in a load of shit.

So I told a little white lie.
Cops got involved. I don't know why.