Watching The Mayan Women Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFGHCIJKLMNOPQR SRTUVWXV| I hang the window inside out | A |
| like a shirt drying in a breeze | B |
| and the arms that are missing come to me | C |
| Yes it's a song one I don't quite comprehend | D |
| although I do understand the laundry | C |
| White ash and rain water a method | E |
| my aunt taught me but I'll never know | F |
| how she learned it in Brooklyn Her mind | G |
| has gone to seed blown by a stroke | H |
| and that dandelion puff called memory | C |
| has flown far from her eyes Some things remain | I |
| Procedures Methods If you burn | J |
| a fire all day feeding it snapped | K |
| branches and newspapers | L |
| the faces pressed against the print | M |
| fading into flames you end up | N |
| with a barrel of white ash If | O |
| you take that same barrel and fill it | P |
| with rain let it sit for a day | Q |
| you will have water | R |
| that can bring brightness to anything | S |
| If you take that water | R |
| and in it soak your husband's shirts | T |
| he'll pause at dawn when he puts one on | U |
| its softness like a haunting afterthought | V |
| And if he works all day in the selva | W |
| he'll divine his way home | X |
| in shirtsleeves aglow with torchlight | V |
Luisa Villani
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