40,000 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFGHIJKLMAIMINK OIPQRSQQTUVQQSHWIIXU IRQQYWKZTSIWQQA2DB2M IQC2D2QWE2QF2XQQIQG2 QISH2I2J2QK2L2AJ2M2Q QTN2KO2E2E2Q| at the track today | A |
| Father's Day | A |
| each paid admission was | B |
| entitled to a wallet | C |
| and each contained a | D |
| little surprise | E |
| most of the men seemed | F |
| between and | G |
| going to fat | H |
| many of them in walking | I |
| shorts | J |
| they had gone stale in | K |
| life | L |
| flattened out | M |
| in fact damn it they | A |
| aren't even worth writing | I |
| about | M |
| why am I doing | I |
| this | N |
| these don't even | K |
| deserve a death bed | O |
| these little walking | I |
| whales | P |
| only there are so | Q |
| many of | R |
| them | S |
| in the urinals | Q |
| in the food lines | Q |
| they have managed to | T |
| survive | U |
| in a most limited | V |
| sense | Q |
| but when you see | Q |
| so many of them | S |
| like that | H |
| there and not there | W |
| breathing farting | I |
| commenting | I |
| waiting for a thunder | X |
| that will not arrive | U |
| waiting for the charging | I |
| white horse of | R |
| Glory | Q |
| waiting for the lovely | Q |
| female that is not | Y |
| there | W |
| waiting to WIN | K |
| waiting for the great | Z |
| dream to | T |
| engulf them | S |
| but they do nothing | I |
| they clomp in their | W |
| sandals | Q |
| gnaw at hot dogs | Q |
| dog style | A2 |
| gulping at the | D |
| meat | B2 |
| they complain about | M |
| losing | I |
| blame the jocks | Q |
| drink green | C2 |
| beer | D2 |
| the parking lot is | Q |
| jammed with their | W |
| unpaid for | E2 |
| cars | Q |
| the jocks mount | F2 |
| again for another | X |
| race | Q |
| the men press | Q |
| toward the betting | I |
| windows | Q |
| mesmerized | G2 |
| fathers and non fathers | Q |
| Monday is waiting | I |
| for them | S |
| this is the last | H2 |
| big lark | I2 |
| and the horses are | J2 |
| totally | Q |
| beautiful | K2 |
| it is shocking how | L2 |
| beautiful they | A |
| are | J2 |
| at that time | M2 |
| at that place | Q |
| their life shines | Q |
| through | T |
| miracles happen | N2 |
| even in | K |
| hell | O2 |
| I decide to stay for | E2 |
| one more | E2 |
| race | Q |
Charles Bukowski
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