Her My Body Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEFCGH HIJKLH MNOPQ RSRTRUV RWCXC YLY SZA2B2C2D2 E2F2T LLQRLQG2 E2H2CC2T H2EI2 LJ2H2 K2L2M2| about the left nipple | A |
| of the woman in the bathroom | B |
| - | |
| She is drying her hair the woman | C |
| whose left nipple is sore | D |
| We looked this evening | E |
| for diagonal cuts | F |
| or discoloration | C |
| or bite marks from small insects | G |
| that may be in our bed | H |
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| It is a good bed a faithful bed | H |
| A bed that won t be hurt | I |
| by the consideration we gave | J |
| to the possibility of small | K |
| though disproportionately | L |
| strong insects in our bed | H |
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| The blow dryer sounds like a jet | M |
| taking off The first time | N |
| I flew to Brussels people began | O |
| the journey happy but ended | P |
| with drool on their shirts | Q |
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| She is drying her hair | R |
| though she has never been to Brussels | S |
| Drying her hair | R |
| though she could be petting a dog | T |
| Drying her hair | R |
| while having red thoughts | U |
| about what the pain in her nipple means | V |
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| I would not dry my hair | R |
| in such a moment but I am bald | W |
| The body of the woman | C |
| has many ways to cease | X |
| being the body of the woman | C |
| - | |
| I have one way | Y |
| to be happy | L |
| and she is that way | Y |
| - | |
| I would like to fly with her to Brussels | S |
| We would not be put off by the drool | Z |
| This is what happens when people sleep | A2 |
| We would buy postcards of the little boy | B2 |
| who saved Brussels when he peed on a fire | C2 |
| We would be romantic in public places | D2 |
| - | |
| For the moment | E2 |
| these desires can best be furthered | F2 |
| by petting a dog | T |
| - | |
| I m also working on this theory | L |
| That sometimes a part of the body | L |
| just hurts | Q |
| That the purpose of prayer | R |
| is to make the part of the body | L |
| that sometimes just hurts | Q |
| the little toe or appendix | G2 |
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| Something vestigial or redundant | E2 |
| Something that can be jettisoned | H2 |
| I have no reason | C |
| to use the word cancer | C2 |
| while petting a dog | T |
| - | |
| Here is a piece of a second | H2 |
| during which a jet is not flying | E |
| nor is it on the ground | I2 |
| - | |
| I m working on a theory | L |
| that no one can die | J2 |
| inside that piece of a second | H2 |
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| If you are comforted | K2 |
| by this thought you are welcome | L2 |
| to keep it | M2 |
Bob Hicok
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