Mal Agueros Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE AFGHI AJKAD ALMAN AAJAO| If you come to Mojacar | A |
| and peel open an orange full of worms | B |
| count how many there are because | C |
| those are the days it will take for your body | D |
| to decompose after you are buried | E |
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| If you come to Mojacar | A |
| and find a small green snake with its back | F |
| broken don't step on it or you'll cause | G |
| an earthquake that will catch up to you | H |
| while you sleep in a continent far far away | I |
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| If you come to Mojacar | A |
| and two brown long legged spiders crawl | J |
| on your face and shoulders keep a sharp eye | K |
| out for two individuals a mother son or | A |
| sister sister who will try to take your money | D |
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| If you come to Mojacar | A |
| and see a scorpion scurry by your feet | L |
| note the direction it ran to north south | M |
| east or west You must avoid going there | A |
| or risk the sting of losing a loved one | N |
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| If you come to Mojacar | A |
| and a cock crows ten times at three | A |
| in the morning lock your door and all | J |
| the wooden windows because nightmares in silver | A |
| dresses will arrive to slip into your bed | O |
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