2 Flies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGCCHIJHCCKLMNO PQQRSCTTHUOVWHQMTXYZ CA2B2PC2PQCAC2D2HQQQ PGOE2C2AF2G2RC2H2PI2 RF2PJ2CCC2PPH2PPK2OV L2OHJQPC2

seems they want moreA
it seems almost as if theyB
are angryC
that they are fliesD
it is not my faultE
I sit in the roomF
with themG
and they taunt meC
with their agonyC
it is as if they wereH
loose chunks of soulI
left out of somewhereJ
I try to read a paperH
but they will not let meC
beC
one seems to go in half circlesK
high along the wallL
throwing a miserable soundM
upon my headN
the other one the smaller oneO
stays near and teases my handP
saying nothingQ
rising droppingQ
crawling nearR
what god puts theseS
lost things upon meC
other men suffer dictates ofT
empire tragic loveT
I sufferH
insectsU
I wave at the little oneO
which only seems to reviveV
his impulse to challengeW
he circles swifterH
nearer even makingQ
a fly soundM
and one aboveT
catching a sense of the newX
whirling he too in excitementY
speeds his flightZ
drops down suddenlyC
in a cuff of noiseA2
and they joinB2
in circling my handP
strumming the baseC2
of the lampshadeP
until some man thingQ
in meC
will take no moreA
unholinessC2
and I strikeD2
with the rolled up paperH
missingQ
strikingQ
strikingQ
they break in discordP
some message lost between themG
and I get the big oneO
first and he kicks on his backE2
flicking his legsC2
like an angry whoreA
and I come down againF2
with my paper clubG2
and he is a smearR
of fly uglinessC2
the little one circles highH2
now quiet and swiftP
almost invisibleI2
he does not come nearR
my hand againF2
he is tamed andP
inaccessible I leaveJ2
him be he leaves meC
beC
the paper of courseC2
is ruinedP
something has happenedP
something has soiled myH2
dayP
sometimes it does notP
take manK2
or a womanO
only something aliveV
I sit and watchL2
the small oneO
we are woven togetherH
in the airJ
and the livingQ
it is lateP
for both of usC2

Charles Bukowski



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