The House Of Dust: Part 02: 02: The Fulfilled Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme

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More towers must yet be built mdash more towers destroyed mdash	A
Great rocks hoisted in air	B
And he must seek his bread in high pale sunlight	C
With gulls about him and clouds just over his eyes	D
And so he did not mention his dream of falling	E
But drank his coffee in silence and heard in his ears	F
That horrible whistle of wind and felt his breath	G
Sucked out of him and saw the tower flash by	H
And the small tree swell beneath him	I
He patted his boy on the head and kissed his wife	J
Looked quickly around the room to remember it mdash	A
And so went out For once he forgot his pail	K
	-
Something had changed mdash but it was not the street mdash	A
The street was just the same mdash it was himself	L
Puddles flashed in the sun In the pawn shop door	M
The same old black cat winked green amber eyes	D
The butcher stood by his window tying his apron	N
The same men walked beside him smoking pipes	O
Reading the morning paper	P
	-
He would not yield he thought and walk more slowly	Q
As if he knew for certain he walked to death	G
But with his usual pace mdash deliberate firm	R
Looking about him calmly watching the world	S
Taking his ease Yet when he thought again	T
Of the same dream now dreamed three separate times	U
Always the same and heard that whistling wind	V
And saw the windows flashing upward past him mdash	A
He slowed his pace a little and thought with horror	P
How monstrously that small tree thrust to meet him	I
He slowed his pace a little and remembered his wife	J
	-
Was forty then too old for work like this	W
Why should it be He'd never been afraid mdash	A
His eye was sure his hand was steady	Q
But dreams had meanings	X
He walked more slowly and looked along the roofs	Y
All built by men and saw the pale blue sky	H
And suddenly he was dizzy with looking at it	Z
It seemed to whirl and swim	I
It seemed the color of terror of speed of death	G
He lowered his eyes to the stones he walked more slowly	Q
His thoughts were blown and scattered like leaves	A2
He thought of the pail Why then was it forgotten	N
Because he would not need it	Z
	-
Then just as he was grouping his thoughts again	T
About that drug store corner under an arc lamp	B2
Where first he met the girl whom he would marry mdash	A
That blue eyed innocent girl in a soft blouse mdash	A
He waved his hand for signal and up he went	C2
In the dusty chute that hugged the wall	D2
Above the tree from girdered floor to floor	M
Above the flattening roofs until the sea	Q
Lay wide and waved before him And then he stepped	E2
Giddily out from that security	Q
To the red rib of iron against the sky	H
And walked along it feeling it sing and tremble	F2
And looking down one instant saw the tree	Q
Just as he dreamed it was and looked away	G2
And up again feeling his blood go wild	H2
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He gave the signal the long girder swung	I2
Closer to him dropped clanging into place	J2
Almost pushing him off Pneumatic hammers	K2
Began their madhouse clatter the white hot rivets	L2
Were tossed from below and deftly caught in pails	M2
He signalled again and wiped his mouth and thought	N2
A place so high in the air should be more quiet	O2
The tree far down below teased at his eyes	D
Teased at the corners of them until he looked	P2
And felt his body go suddenly small and light	C
Felt his brain float off like a dwindling vapor	P
And heard a whistle of wind and saw a tree	Q
Come plunging up to him and thought to himself	L
'By God mdash I'm done for now the dream was right '	-

Conrad Potter Aiken

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