Man Listening To Disc Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE CFGHI JKLMN OPQMR ISJTJ UVWXG YMZWA2 B2MBJC2 D2C2C2JW C2CE2F2C2| This is not bad | A |
| ambling along th Street | B |
| with Sonny Rollins for company | C |
| his music flowing through the soft calipers | D |
| of these earphones | E |
| - | |
| as if he were right beside me | C |
| on this clear day in March | F |
| the pavement sparkling with sunlight | G |
| pigeons fluttering off the curb | H |
| nodding over a profusion of bread crumbs | I |
| - | |
| In fact I would say | J |
| my delight at being suffused | K |
| with phrases from his saxophone | L |
| some like honey some like vinegar | M |
| is surpassed only by my gratitude | N |
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| to Tommy Potter for taking the time | O |
| to join us on this breezy afternoon | P |
| with his most unwieldy bass | Q |
| and to the esteemed Arthur Taylor | M |
| who is somehow managing to navigate | R |
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| this crowd with his cumbersome drums | I |
| And I bow deeply to Thelonious Monk | S |
| for figuring out a way | J |
| to motorize or whatever his huge piano | T |
| so he could be with us today | J |
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| This music is loud yet so confidential | U |
| I cannot help feeling even more | V |
| like the center of the universe | W |
| than usual as I walk along to a rapid | X |
| little version of The Way You Look Tonight | G |
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| and all I can say to my fellow pedestrians | Y |
| to the woman in the white sweater | M |
| the man in the tan raincoat and the heavy glasses | Z |
| who mistake themselves for the center of the universe | W |
| all I can say is watch your step | A2 |
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| because the five of us instruments and all | B2 |
| are about to angle over | M |
| to the south side of the street | B |
| and then in our own tightly knit way | J |
| turn the corner at Sixth Avenue | C2 |
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| And if any of you are curious | D2 |
| about where this aggregation | C2 |
| this whole battery powered crew | C2 |
| is headed let us just say | J |
| that the real center of the universe | W |
| - | |
| the only true point of view | C2 |
| is full of hope that he | C |
| the hub of the cosmos | E2 |
| with his hair blown sideways | F2 |
| will eventually make it all the way downtown | C2 |
Billy Collins
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