Ballplayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHIJ KLM NOPG QRST UVW XJBY MXG| i cop a squat on a squared off log | A |
| to watch you ball on the community center court | B |
| butt numb i shift my weight | C |
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| and shake mosquitos from my ankles | D |
| but never take my eyes off the game | E |
| yours follow the orange orb your pupils | D |
| twin brown moons reflecting its light | F |
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| your play is wild efficiency | G |
| you are a four pronged magic wand | H |
| waving as if agentless in all directions at once | I |
| an opponent dribbles the ball now he sees it | J |
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| now he don't it's gone flown | K |
| and you've given it its wings | L |
| you are one eighth of the shrieking rubber | M |
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| one eighth of the growls and calls you are | N |
| the delicious assist the unerring pass | O |
| you spread your skills out before me a peacock | P |
| among pigeons as if to say all eyes on me | G |
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| and make it worth my while | Q |
| a chill trails the sun west like a long clammy train | R |
| crawls over me and my makeshift bench | S |
| over the emptying playground | T |
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| but stops at the edge of the concrete | U |
| where eight men burning keep it at bay | V |
| the way torches smoking around a patio | W |
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| ward off insects twilight rises like dark steam | X |
| from the dewy grass but you don't see it | J |
| the ball still lights the court | B |
| until the winning jumper sinks and puts it out | Y |
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| then earth returns to view and you jog over | M |
| to slap my palm and beam | X |
| and receive the grin i give you like a trophy | G |
Evie Shockley
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