Letter To Myselves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCECF ABGHI ABGJKL MNOPHL DL| You can be hurt | A |
| because you want too much | B |
| because in your face it says | C |
| love me nurture me | D |
| because in your teeth it says | C |
| sugar flows to us | E |
| because in your tongue it says | C |
| drive in the spike | F |
| - | |
| You can be hurt | A |
| because you care too much | B |
| because your ribs swing out like shutters | G |
| your heart | H |
| glows like a night light | I |
| - | |
| You can be hurt | A |
| because you need too much | B |
| because your skin comes off in streamers | G |
| your veins | J |
| twang like guitar strings | K |
| You can be hurt that way | L |
| - | |
| You made your head | M |
| a wind tunnel for death | N |
| You made your womb | O |
| the world's confessional | P |
| You made your heart | H |
| a lump of burning clay | L |
| - | |
| You me | D |
| we can be hurt that way | L |
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