Notes To My Nieces (or, Essays In Fortune-telling ) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE FGHAIJKL IMNO PNCQ BRSTUVW

when i was younger treesA
were green money was green moneyB
grew on trees or trees grew upC
and became money now money is clearlyB
plastic spreads like cancer getting itD
is geneticE
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trust me on this g o d standsF
for good old days and if you have enoughG
faith you can remember them almostH
like you were there on your kneesA
with us scrubbing them clean orI
praying for the millennium that next lifeJ
when the g o d would be n e w notK
especially whiteL
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question yourI
mother is black and your father is lovingM
answer what's loving got to doN
with virginiaO
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i fearP
that your cows ain't like mine that youN
won't understand why i gave upC
red meatQ
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say the past is a muddyB
river say the future is a belated alphabetR
with which you and i might spellS
different things say the presentT
is something we can pass back and forthU
between us like an acorn likeV
loose changeW

Evie Shockley



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