Pinup Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFGHFFIJKLMNOPQ LKRSTUTVWQXYFZA2LB2C 2D2QE2D2F2| The murkiness of the local garage is not so dense | A |
| that you cannot make out the calendar of pinup | B |
| drawings on the wall above a bench of tools | C |
| Your ears are ringing with the sound of | D |
| the mechanic hammering on your exhaust pipe | B |
| and as you look closer you notice that this month's | E |
| is not the one pushing the lawn mower wearing | F |
| a straw hat and very short blue shorts | G |
| her shirt tied in a knot just below her breasts | H |
| Nor is it the one in the admiral's cap bending | F |
| forward resting her hands on a wharf piling | F |
| glancing over the tiny anchors on her shoulders | I |
| No this is March the month of great winds | J |
| so appropriately it is the one walking her dog | K |
| along a city sidewalk on a very blustery day | L |
| One hand is busy keeping her hat down on her head | M |
| and the other is grasping the little dog's leash | N |
| so of course there is no hand left to push down | O |
| her dress which is billowing up around her waist | P |
| exposing her long stockinged legs and yes the secret | Q |
| apparatus of her garter belt Needless to say | L |
| in the confusion of wind and excited dog | K |
| the leash has wrapped itself around her ankles | R |
| several times giving her a rather bridled | S |
| and helpless appearance which is added to | T |
| by the impossibly high heels she is teetering on | U |
| You would like to come to her rescue | T |
| gather up the little dog in your arms | V |
| untangle the leash lead her to safety | W |
| and receive her bottomless gratitude but | Q |
| the mechanic is calling you over to look | X |
| at something under your car It seems that he has | Y |
| run into a problem and the job is going | F |
| to cost more than he had said and take | Z |
| much longer than he had thought | A2 |
| Well it can't be helped you hear yourself say | L |
| as you return to your place by the workbench | B2 |
| knowing that as soon as the hammering resumes | C2 |
| you will slowly lift the bottom of the calendar | D2 |
| just enough to reveal a glimpse of what | Q |
| the future holds in store ah | E2 |
| the red polka dot umbrella of April and her | D2 |
| upturned palm extended coyly into the rain | F2 |
Billy Collins
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