Attack Of The Squash People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJ KLEEELM ENEEOPQJER STTET UGTVTTTWX

And thus the people every yearA
in the valley of humid JulyB
did sacrifice themselvesC
to the long green phallic godD
and eat and eat and eatE
They're coming they're on usF
the long striped gourds the silkyG
babies the hairy adolescentsH
the lumpy vast adultsI
like the trunks of green elephantsH
Recite fifty zucchini recipesJ
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Zucchini tempura creamed soupK
saut with olive oil and cuminL
tomatoes onion frittataE
casserole of lamb bakedE
topped with cheese marinatedE
stuffed stewed drivenL
through the heart like a stakeM
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Get rid of old friends they tooE
have gardens and full trunksN
Look for newcomers befriendE
them in the post office unloadE
on them and run Stop touristsO
in the street Take truckloadsP
to Boston Give to your Red CrossQ
Beg on the highway pleaseJ
take my zucchini I have a crippledE
mother at home with heartburnR
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Sneak out before dawn to dropS
them in other people's gardensT
in baby buggies at churchdoorsT
Shot smuggling zucchini intoE
mailboxes a federal offenseT
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With a suave reptilian glitterU
you bask among your raspyG
fronds sudden and huge asT
alligators You give and giveV
too much like summer daysT
limp with heat thunderstormsT
bursting their bags on our headsT
as we salt and freeze and pickleW
for the too little to comeX

Marge Piercy



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