Go Greyhound Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGHIJKJL M MNNIMMMI ONNPQRMMSRTUMN IVWMMMN XM YZA2B2MC2OD2 E2MMMHMF2 G2H2MMMM MI2NWJ2NMSNK2NFJ2

A few hours after Des MoinesA
the toilet overflowedB
This wasn't the adventure it soundsC
-
I sat with a man whose tattoosD
weighed more than I didE
He played Hendrix on mouth guitarF
His Electric Ladyland lipsG
weren't fast enoughH
and if pitch and melodyI
are the rudiments of musicJ
this was justK
memory a body nostalgicJ
for the touch of adored soundL
-
Hope's a smaller thing on a busM
-
You hope a forgotten smoke consortsM
with lint in the pocket of lastN
resort to be upwindN
of the human condition that the babyI
sleepsM
and when this never happensM
that she criesM
with the lullaby meter of the seaI
-
We were swallowed by rhythmO
The ultra blondN
who removed her wig and appliedN
fresh loops of duct tapeP
to her skullQ
her companion who held a mirrorR
and popped his denturesM
in and out of placeM
the boy who cut stuffingS
from the seat where his motherR
should have beenT
there was a little more sleepU
in our thoughtsM
it was easier to yieldN
-
To what exactlyI
the suspicion that what we watchV
watches backW
cornfields that stare at our handsM
downtownsM
that hold us in their windowsM
through the nightN
-
Or faith strange to feelX
in that zoo of mannersM
-
I had drool on my shirt and breathY
of the undead a guyZ
dropped empty Buds on the floorA2
like gravity was bornB2
to provide this serviceM
we were white and black trashC2
who'd comeO
in an outhouse on wheels and stillD2
-
some had grownE2
in touching the spirited shirtsM
on clotheslinesM
after watching a sky of starlingsM
flow like cursiveH
over wheat back into creaturesM
capable of a wishF2
-
As we entered ArizonaG2
I thought I smelled the oceanH2
liked the lie of thisM
and closed my eyesM
as shadowsM
puppeted against my lidsM
-
We brought our failures with usM
their taste their smellI2
But the kidN
who threw up in the backW
pushed to the window anywayJ2
opened itN
and let the wind clean his faceM
screamed somethingS
I couldn't make outN
but agreed withK2
in shape a sound I recognizedN
as everything I'd come so farF
to give awayJ2

Bob Hicok



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