Yams Are Sticky Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFCGBH I J DKLM BKNO PBQRS| Yams are sticky They don't smell They only droop slimy sticky water when you force salt into them Father explained | A |
| Tuesday | B |
| I go to the barn pick up a tuber of yam as small as my year old penis I bite it Nothing | C |
| Thursday | D |
| I go again Pick up a tuber of yam as small as my year old penis I do not bite it I pick a knife and shape it like my penis | E |
| Monday | B |
| I remember Mainebo | F |
| Nothing | C |
| I run to her house | G |
| Friday | B |
| Look Look Take your skirt off | H |
| No | - |
| Take your skirt up | I |
| No | - |
| Bring it down to your toes | J |
| - | |
| Sunday | D |
| Old man lies She bleeds Raw red blood | K |
| She weeps Too | L |
| Hysteria | M |
| - | |
| Wednesday | B |
| Sorry He never told me I thought it would be flying flames from between your legs He never said blood | K |
| Look under your skirt Aah | N |
| You are now a woman | O |
| - | |
| I look at the blood Tasty Maybe it's the salt I stoop | P |
| Yes Salty | B |
| Tastes blood and urine and spleen | Q |
| Old man does not lie | R |
| Take off up down your skirt | S |
Shalom Kasim
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 02/12/2023
Poet's note: What do misogyny and sexual bigotry look like?
I answer it in this poem!
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