City The Insects Invade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B A C D| From the indigo straits to Ossian's seas on pink and orange sands washed by the vinous sky crystal boulevards have just arisen and crossed immoderately inhabitedby poor young families who get their food at the green grocers Nothing rich the city Arthur Rimbaud | A |
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| The old man sleeps with his weeping Another old one pauses with her cats on a fire escape while nursing a sore like a precious stone A garbage can is an herbivore grazing on stalks of ringworm Vermin are the pool sharks of this brothel polishing off the tenements' fur lined rails | B |
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| At last the skid of tires tears a hole in the river bank Sand fleas and blowflies become nightriders marauding a new turf of godzilla cars An urchin dangles his stolen wristwatch like a fish in a bottle while shoals of centipedes make a beeline in a poseidon stampede Filthy rags are prayer cakes left over from the last sabbat and become holed coffins for those still searching for involvement | A |
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| Islands drift into protoplasm atolls as the city stalks itself Cockroaches are the plumbers of eternity Rapid fire legs sidestep the etchings of industrious ants while silverfish are the boatmen trouncing human oars Living is a Stegasorous swinging its tail | C |
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| Scraps are inviting guests as insects lord over a habitat free of blight and homuncular stain | D |
Paul Cameron Brown
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