The Whole Mess... Almost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE F G A H IJ ICE JAJK AIDLFK MJNA| I ran up six flights of stairs | A |
| to my small furnished room | B |
| opened the window | C |
| and began throwing out | D |
| those things most important in life | E |
| - | |
| First to go Truth squealing like a fink | F |
| 'Don't I'll tell awful things about you ' | - |
| 'Oh yeah Well I've nothing to hide OUT ' | - |
| Then went God glowering whimpering in amazement | G |
| 'It's not my fault I'm not the cause of it all ' 'OUT ' | - |
| Then Love cooing bribes 'You'll never know impotency | A |
| All the girls on Vogue covers all yours ' | - |
| I pushed her fat ass out and screamed | H |
| 'You always end up a bummer ' | - |
| I picked up Faith Hope Charity | I |
| all three clinging together | J |
| 'Without us you'll surely die ' | - |
| 'With you I'm going nuts Goodbye ' | - |
| - | |
| The Beauty ah Beauty | I |
| As I led her to the window | C |
| I told her 'You I loved the best in life | E |
| but you're a killer Beauty kills ' | - |
| Not really meaning to drop her | J |
| I immediately ran downstairs | A |
| getting there just in time to catch her | J |
| 'You saved me ' she cried | K |
| I put her down and told her 'Move on ' | - |
| - | |
| Went back up those six flights | A |
| went to the money | I |
| there was no money to throw out | D |
| The only thing left in the room was Death | L |
| hiding beneath the kitchen sink | F |
| 'I'm not real ' It cried | K |
| 'I'm just a rumor spread by life ' | - |
| Laughing I threw it out kitchen sink and all | M |
| and suddenly realized Humor | J |
| was all that was left | N |
| All I could do with Humor was to say | A |
| 'Out the window with the window ' | - |
Gregory Corso
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