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On Privilege Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHIH JFGGF KKLLM NKOPP M

The rampant cane fields rife with diseaseA
the ocean carrying only shells to the altarB
a beach left to penitents their easy sweatC
cursing the sand that brought an increaseD
in Tourism Could this scene be alteredE
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Next to a pile of seaweed the ubiquitous gullF
ate from a plate of dead things rejectionsG
Up in the cane fields sitting beside an anthillH
a young and foolish version of myself had once hidI
scratching in the dirt his tired testament his willH
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To my firstborn I would leave the sea the sandJ
to my future love But my father s grim shovelF
I would bury under a palm tree under tendrilsG
of clematis its showy blooms filled with poisonsG
One should not be alone in the cane fields its evilF
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captured in its wide paragraphs its evil refinedK
like sugar At a resort staggered down a cliffsideK
to yet another beach I sat one morning studyingL
the flowers of the crown of thorns its bloodlettingL
worthy of an entire chapter in a bookM
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on phlebotomy In the air I smelled privilegeN
I remembered the cane fields The years rewindK
so easily for one who is a visitor in his own homeO
The sea silences these false lines and mocks meP
with promises of splendor and bright fish reminds meP
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I am a fisherman casting an empty hookM

C. Dale Young



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