Young In New Orleans Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJJKLMNOPQR STUVWWX TWYUZA2TGT BEB2 C2D2TKCE2F2 G2C2NH2I2J2K2L2M2TQK RN2MO2 P2TQ2TR2S2 TT2U2V2 F2W2X2D2W KQY2Z2Z2MKUKHMMTD2

starving there sitting around the barsA
and at night walking the streets forB
hoursC
the moonlight always seemed fakeD
to me maybe it wasE
and in the French Quarter I watchedF
the horses and buggies going byG
everybody sitting high in the openH
carriages the black driver and inI
back the man and the womanH
usually young and always whiteJ
and I was always whiteJ
and hardly charmed by theK
worldL
New Orleans was a place toM
hideN
I could piss away my lifeO
unmolestedP
except for the ratsQ
the rats in my dark small roomR
very much resented sharing itS
with meT
they were large and fearlessU
and stared at me with eyesV
that spokeW
an unblinkingW
deathX
-
women were beyond meT
they saw somethingW
depravedY
there was one waitressU
a little older thanZ
I she rather smiledA2
lingered when sheT
brought myG
coffeeT
-
that was plenty forB
me that wasE
enoughB2
-
there was something aboutC2
that city thoughD2
it didn't let me feel guiltyT
that I had no feeling for theK
things so many othersC
neededE2
it let me aloneF2
-
sitting up in my bedG2
the llights outC2
hearing the outsideN
soundsH2
lifting my cheapI2
bottle of wineJ2
letting the warmth ofK2
the grapeL2
enterM2
meT
as I heard the ratsQ
moving about theK
roomR
I preferred themN2
toM
humansO2
-
being lostP2
being crazy maybeT
is not so badQ2
if you can beT
that wayR2
undisturbedS2
-
New Orleans gave meT
thatT2
nobody ever calledU2
my nameV2
-
no telephoneF2
no carW2
no jobX2
noD2
anythingW
-
me and theK
ratsQ
and my youthY2
one timeZ2
that timeZ2
I knewM
even through theK
nothingnessU
it was aK
celebrationH
of something not toM
doM
but onlyT
knowD2

Charles Bukowski



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