Salesmanship, With Half A Dram Of Tears Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJACFBKFLFM N| Gripping the lectern rocking it searching | A |
| the faces for the souls for signs of heartfelt | B |
| mindfulness at work I thought as I recited | C |
| words I wrote in tears instead of tears | D |
| if I had understood my father's business | E |
| I could be selling men's clothes I could be | F |
| kneeling complimenting someone at the bay | G |
| of mirrors mumblingly with pinpoints pressed | H |
| between my lips That was the life I held | I |
| in scorn while young because I thought to live | J |
| without distraction using words Yet looking | A |
| now into the room of strangers' eyes I wanted | C |
| them to feel what I said touch as palpably | F |
| as when a men in double worsted felt | B |
| the cuff drop to his wrist There was a rush | K |
| in the applause of gratitude and mercy | F |
| they could go A teenager embarrassed | L |
| for himself and me lefthandedly | F |
| squeezed my fingers and said thanks | M |
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| Anonymous submission | N |
Brooks Haxton
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