Hot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJKILMNFKOH PQLLRLSATKUHVWHOUXYZ A2 B2C2D2B2D2E2 K F2G2H2KA2I2J2FA| e her | A |
| and if I didn't get home on time | B |
| she'd be gone and I couldn't bear that | C |
| I'd go mad | D |
| it was foolish I know childish | E |
| but I was caught in it I was caught | F |
| I delivered all the mail | G |
| and then Henderson put me on the night pickup run | H |
| in an old army truck | I |
| the damn thing began to heat halfway through the run | H |
| and the night went on | J |
| me thinking about my hot Miriam | K |
| and jumping in and out of the truck | I |
| filling mailsacks | L |
| the engine continuing to heat up | M |
| the temperature needle was at the top | N |
| HOT HOT | F |
| like Miriam | K |
| leaped in and out | O |
| more pickups and into the station | H |
| I'd be my car | P |
| waiting to get me to Miriam who sat on my blue couch | Q |
| with scotch on the rocks | L |
| crossing her legs and swinging her ankles | L |
| like she did | R |
| more stops | L |
| the truck stalled at a traffic light it was hell | S |
| kicking it over | A |
| again | T |
| I had to be home by was the deadline for Miriam | K |
| I made the last pickup and the truck stalled at a signal | U |
| block from the station | H |
| it wouldn't start it couldn't start | V |
| I locked the doors pulled the key and ran down to the | W |
| station | H |
| I threw the keys down signed out | O |
| your goddamned truck is stalled at the signal | U |
| I shouted | X |
| Pico and Western | Y |
| I ran down the hall put the key into the door | Z |
| opened it her drinking glass was there and a note | A2 |
| - | |
| sun of a bitch | B2 |
| I waited until after ate | C2 |
| you don't love me | D2 |
| you sun of a bitch | B2 |
| somebody will love me | D2 |
| I been wateing all day | E2 |
| - | |
| Miriam | K |
| - | |
| I poured a drink and let the water run into the tub | F2 |
| there were bars in town | G2 |
| and I'd make of them | H2 |
| looking for Miriam | K |
| her purple teddy bear held the note | A2 |
| as he leaned against a pillow | I2 |
| I gave the bear a drink myself a drink | J2 |
| and got into the hot | F |
| water | A |
Charles Bukowski
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