Assassin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIAJK| I exchange eyes with the Mad Queen | A |
| The mirror crashes against my face and bursts into a thousand suns all over the city flags cracle and bang Fog horns scream in the harbor The wind hurricanes through the window Tornadoes are unmuzzled as I begin to dance the dance of the Kurd Shepherds | B |
| I stamp upon the floor I whirl like dervishes Colors revolve dressing and undressing I lash them with fury stark white with iron black harsh red with blue marble green with bright orange and only gold remains naked I roar with joy | C |
| Black footed ferrets disappear into holes | D |
| The sun tattooed on my back begins to spin faster and faster whirring whirring throwing out a glory of sparks Sparks shoot off into space sparks into shooting stars Shooting stars collide with comets Explosions Naked colors explode into Red Disaster | E |
| I crash out through a window naked wide spread upon a Heliosaurus I uproot an obelisk and plunge it into the ink pot of the Black Sea I write the word SUN across the dreary palimpsest of the world I pour the contents of the Red Sea down my throat I erect catapults and lay seige to the cities of the world I scatter violent disorder throughout the kingdoms of the world I stone the people of the world I stride over mountains I pick up oceans like tin cards and spin them into oblivion I kick down walled cities I hurl giant firebrands against governments I thrust torches through the eyes of the law | F |
| I annihilate museums I demolish libraries I oblivionize skyscrapers | G |
| I become hard as adamant strong as battleindurated with solid fire rigid with hatred | H |
| I bring back the wizards and sorcerers the necromancers the magicians I practice witchcraft I set up idols With a sharp edged sword I cut through the crowded streets Comets follw in my wake Stars make obeisance to me The moon uncovers her nakedness to me | I |
| I am the harbiger of a New Sun World I bring the seed of a New Copulation I proclaim the Mad Queen | A |
| I stamp out vast empires I crush palaces in my rigid hands I harden my heart against churches | J |
| I blot out cemetaries I feed the people with stinging nettles I resurrect madness I thrust my naked sword between the ribs of the world I murder the world | K |
Harry Crosby
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