Backdropp Addresses Cowboy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GH IJKLH IMNOPQ FRSM TU VWX MY LZA2B2K C2L

Starspangled cowboyA
sauntering out of the almostB
silly West on your faceC
a porcelain grinD
tugging a papier mache cactusE
on wheels behind you with a stringF
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you are innocent as a bathtubG
full of bulletsH
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Your righteous eyes your laconicI
trigger fingersJ
people the streets with villainsK
as you move the air in front of youL
blossoms with targetsH
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and you leave behind you a heroicI
trail of desolationM
beer bottlesN
slaughtered by the sideO
of the road birdP
skulls bleaching in the sunsetQ
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I ought to be watchingF
from behind a cliff or a cardboard storefrontR
when the shooting starts hands claspedS
in admirationM
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but I am elsewhereT
Then what about meU
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what about the IV
confronting you on that borderW
you are always trying to crossX
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I am the horizonM
you ride towards the thing you can never lassoY
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I am also what surrounds youL
my brainZ
scattered with yourA2
tincans bones empty shellsB2
the litter of your invasionsK
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I am the space you desecrateC2
as you pass throughL

Margaret Atwood



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