The Bottom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGDDAHGDDDIGFJK LMN| I stopped drinking on my way down the hill | A |
| to the liquor store when two guys pulled up | B |
| and tried to drag me into their pickup I crossed the street | C |
| then ran in the opposite direction puffing | D |
| against the incline The stranger thrust into reverse | E |
| and when I wouldn't talk to him | F |
| threw a bag of McDonald's trash at me | G |
| Stuck up bitch I stopped drinking | D |
| when I realized I was fighting | D |
| for the vodka at the bottom of the hill | A |
| more than I was fighting against the terrible | H |
| things that could have happened to me | G |
| inside the cab of that rusty Chevy I stopped drinking | D |
| before cell phones I stopped drinking | D |
| after Days of Wine and Roses I stopped drinking | D |
| even as I kept walking to El Prado Spirits | I |
| and the guy behind the counter who recognized me | G |
| asked if I was alright I didn't tell him | F |
| what had happened because he might have called | J |
| the police and then I would have had to wait | K |
| for them to arrive to fill out a report delaying my Smirnoff | L |
| I stopped drinking even before I had that last sip | M |
| as I ran back up the hill squeezing a bottle by its neck | N |
Denise Duhamel
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