Embrace Noir Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EF GH IJ KL LM JN JO PQ JR ST

I go back to the scene where the two men embraceA
grapple a handgun at stomach level between themB
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They jerk around the apartment like thatC
holding on to each other their cheeksD
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almost touching One is shirtless the otherE
wears a suit the one in the suit came in through a windowF
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to steal documents or diamonds it doesn't matter anymoreG
which what's important is he was foundH
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someone pulled a gun and now they are holding onI
awkwardly dancing through the room upendingJ
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a table of small framed photographs A chairK
topples Sinatra's band punches the air with horns IL
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lean forward into the screen they are eye to eyeL
as stiff as my brother amp me when we attemptM
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to hug Soon the gun fires and the musicJ
quiets the camera stops tracking and theyN
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relax shoulders drop their jaws go slackJ
we are all suspended in that perfect momentO
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when no one knows who took the bulletP
the earth spins below our feet a blanket of swallowsQ
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changes direction suddenly above us foldingJ
into the rafters of a barn and the two menR
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no longer struggle they simply stand in their wreckageS
propped in each other's armsT

Nick Flynn



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