By Their Works Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHBIJKLMNOPQQR STNUVWXYZA2VB2C2D2E2 V| Who cleaned up the Last Supper | A |
| These would be my people | B |
| Maybe hung over wanting | C |
| desperately a better job | D |
| standing with rags | E |
| in hand as the window | F |
| beckons with hills | G |
| of yellow grass In Da Vinci | H |
| the blue robed apostle | B |
| gesturing at Christ | I |
| is saying give Him the check | J |
| What a mess they've made | K |
| of their faith My God | L |
| would put a busboy | M |
| on earth to roam | N |
| among the waiters | O |
| and remind them to share | P |
| their tips The woman | Q |
| who finished one | Q |
| half eaten olive | R |
| and scooped the rest | S |
| into her pockets | T |
| walked her tiny pride home | N |
| to children who looked | U |
| at her smile and saw | V |
| the salvation of a meal | W |
| All that week | X |
| at work she ignored | Y |
| customers who talked | Z |
| of Rome and silk | A2 |
| and crucifixions | V |
| though she couldn't stop | B2 |
| thinking of this man | C2 |
| who said thank you | D2 |
| each time she filled | E2 |
| His glass | V |
Bob Hicok
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