Dearest Man-in-the-moon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEBFGHIJBDI AHFBKL MDMB NOAPQK| Dearest man in the moon | A |
| ever since our lunch of cheese | B |
| moonjuice | B |
| on the far side of the sun | C |
| I have walked the craters of New York | D |
| a trail of slime | E |
| ribboning between my legs | B |
| a phosphorescent banner | F |
| which is tied to you | G |
| a beam of moonlight | H |
| focused on your navel | I |
| a silver chain | J |
| from which my body dangles | B |
| my whole torso chiming | D |
| like sleigh bells in a Russian novel | I |
| - | |
| Dearest man on the moon | A |
| I used to fear moonlight | H |
| thinking her my mother | F |
| I used to dread nights | B |
| when the moon was full | K |
| I used to scream | L |
| 'Pull down the shade ' | - |
| because the moonface leered at me | M |
| because I felt her mocking | D |
| because my fear lived in me | M |
| like rats in a wheel of cheese | B |
| - | |
| You have eaten out my fear | N |
| You have licked | O |
| the creamy inside of the moon | A |
| You have kissed | P |
| the final crescent of my heart | Q |
| made it full | K |
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