Dropping The Euphemism Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQR STU LVW XYZ A2A2B2 C2D2E2 F2G2H2 FI2J2 K2L2M2 N2O2P2 BQ2I2 R2S2T2 FU2V2 R2FW2

He has five children I m papaA
to a hundred pencilsB
I bought the chair he sat inC
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from a book of chairsD
staplers and spikesE
that let me play Vlad the ImpalerF
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with invading memos When I saidG
I have to lay you offH
a parallel universe was bornI
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in his face one where fleshJ
is a loose shirtK
taken to the river and beatenL
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against rocks JustM
by opening my mouth I destroyedN
his faith he s a manO
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who can think honey glazed hamP
and act out the thoughtQ
with plastic or bills We satR
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I stared at my hands he staredS
at the wall staring at my handsT
I said other thingsU
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about the excellent work he d doneL
and the cycles of businessV
which are likeW
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the roller coaster thoughtsX
of an oscilloscope All this timeY
I saw the eyes of his wifeZ
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which had always been brownA2
like almonds but were now brownA2
like the crust of bread We walkedB2
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to the door I shook his handC2
felt the bones pretendingD2
to be strong On his way homeE2
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there was a happy songF2
because de Sade invented radioG2
the window was open he sawH2
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delphinium but couldn t rememberF
the name I can only guessI2
Maybe at each exitJ2
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that could have led his bodyK2
to Tempe to Mars he was temptedL2
to forget his basketball teamM2
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of sons or that he ever likedN2
helping his wife clean carrotsO2
the silver sink turning orangeP2
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Running s natural to most animalsB
who aren t partQ2
of a lecture series on Nature sI2
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Dead Ends When I told himR2
I saw he was looking for a placeS2
in his brain to hideT2
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his brain I tried that laterF
with beer it worked until I stoodU2
at the toilet to make my littleV2
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waterfall and thought of himR2
pushing back from a barF
to go make the same noiseW2

Bob Hicok



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