As You Leave Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHI FJKLJMN OPQFFRSBFTU V| Shiny record albums scattered over | A |
| the living room floor reflecting light | B |
| from the lamp sharp reflections that hurt | C |
| my eyes as I watch you squatting among the platters | D |
| the beer foam making mustaches on your lips | E |
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| And too | F |
| the shadows on your cheeks from your long lashes | G |
| fascinate me almost as much as the dimples | H |
| in your cheeks your arms and your legs | I |
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| You | F |
| hum along with Mathis how you love Mathis | J |
| with his burnished hair and quicksilver voice that dances | K |
| among the stars and whirls through canyons | L |
| like windblown snow sometimes I think that Mathis | J |
| could take you from me if you could be complete | M |
| without me I glance at my watch It is now time | N |
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| You rise | O |
| silently and to the bedroom and the paint | P |
| on the lips red on the eyes black | Q |
| and I lean in the doorway and smoke and see you | F |
| grow old before my eyes and smoke why do you | F |
| chatter while you dress and smile when you grab | R |
| your large leather purse don't you know that when you leave me | S |
| I walk to the window and watch you and light | B |
| a reefer as I watch you and I die as I watch you | F |
| disappear in the dark streets | T |
| to whistle and smile at the johns | U |
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| Submitted by Hen | V |
Etheridge Knight
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