The Icecream People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKL MAADNCOOPAQRSTUVEM GQGWVX DSYGZDJA2 B2C2 D2| the lady has me temporarily off the bottle | A |
| and now the pecker stands up | B |
| better | C |
| however things change overnight | D |
| instead of listening to Shostakovich and | E |
| Mozart through a smeared haze of smoke | F |
| the nights change new | G |
| complexities | H |
| we drive to Baskin Robbins | I |
| flavors | J |
| Rocky Road Bubble Gum Apricot Ice Strawberry | K |
| Cheesecake Chocolate Mint | L |
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| we park outside and look at icecream | M |
| people | A |
| a very healthy and satisfied people | A |
| nary a potential suicide in sight | D |
| they probably even vote | N |
| and I tell her | C |
| what if the boys saw me go in there suppose they | O |
| find out I'm going in for a walnut peach sundae | O |
| come on chicken she laughs and we go in | P |
| and stand with the icecream people | A |
| none of them are cursing or threatening | Q |
| the clerks | R |
| there seem to be no hangovers or | S |
| grievances | T |
| I am alarmed at the placid and calm wave | U |
| that flows about I feel like a leper in a | V |
| beauty contest we finally get our sundaes and | E |
| sit in the car and eat them | M |
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| I must admit they are quite good a curious new | G |
| world all my friends tell me I am looking | Q |
| better you're looking good man we thought you | G |
| were going to die there for a while | W |
| those dark nights the jails the | V |
| hospitals | X |
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| and later that night | D |
| there is use for the pecker use for | S |
| love and it is glorious | Y |
| long and true | G |
| and afterwards we speak of easy things | Z |
| our heads by the open window with the moonlight | D |
| looking through we sleep in each other's | J |
| arms | A2 |
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| the icecream people make me feel good | B2 |
| inside and out | C2 |
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| Submitted by Holt | D2 |
Charles Bukowski
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