Hardcases Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDF GEHIJKL MNO HOPOLBEHQ BBB HORP HOOO HGGSOOO OGOTUVW OXYHGO OOZORUOBUOA2B2 OOORC2 OUD2BE2R HROOB| I dreamed my toenails | A |
| were ivory | B |
| and elephants came to trade for tusks | C |
| Then went conveniently off to die | D |
| shed this mortal coil in a | E |
| cutter shed stacked high | D |
| like firewood | F |
| - | |
| II | - |
| I dreamed Landover Maryland | G |
| was the site near the | E |
| Pentagon People got wind of | H |
| the scheme and grew intrigued | I |
| Twigs shattered in the moonlight | J |
| as curious onlookers tried | K |
| to peek a boo into the shed | L |
| - | |
| III | - |
| Raisins were left out | M |
| to dry as | N |
| token offerings | O |
| - | |
| IV | H |
| Mafioso members and other hardcases | O |
| wanted to elbow in | P |
| but stiff military types | O |
| eminently incorruptible said | L |
| no dice made naturally | B |
| of ivory turned a | E |
| deadly nightshade of | H |
| twilight toenail blue | Q |
| - | |
| V | B |
| Umber became my colour | B |
| and trademark along with the mandatory ebony | B |
| - | |
| VI | H |
| Out of work seasonal elves | O |
| dwarfs and the occasional | R |
| circus midget shoe horned in | P |
| - | |
| VII | H |
| Nothing remained of the earlier raisins as | O |
| a variety of greedy misfits | O |
| pocketed the tributes | O |
| - | |
| VIII | H |
| The North Pole beckoned | G |
| heightened consciousness and | G |
| sensitivity groups against | S |
| demeaning and negative stereotypes | O |
| routed the Barnum and Baileys' | O |
| dwarfs and midgets | O |
| - | |
| IX | O |
| A pile of cinders and | G |
| grey glow embers | O |
| paused to remain | T |
| after boycotting | U |
| exposed the great | V |
| toe nail giveaway sham | W |
| - | |
| X | O |
| Reportedly the Devil has a toe nail | X |
| chair in Hell | Y |
| This common medieval belief | H |
| lingers into macumba voodoo and | G |
| loa spirit trees | O |
| - | |
| XI | O |
| Who wants | O |
| after all | Z |
| discarded body parts | O |
| brought to such an ignoble | R |
| end The intriguing thing | U |
| is in the witchery smoke 'n mirrors | O |
| world of Obeah toenails are | B |
| prized much like the greying | U |
| Information Age values | O |
| organ transplants for an | A2 |
| aging population | B2 |
| - | |
| XII | O |
| Medieval really | O |
| Nothing the body profuses | O |
| is really evil | R |
| only our intent | C2 |
| - | |
| XIII | O |
| Should a fly symbolizing | U |
| havoc despair and filth | D2 |
| fall into Holy Water | B |
| the detested fly not | E2 |
| does pollute the sacred vessel | R |
| - | |
| XIV | H |
| Modern fitness buffs full circle | R |
| with gleaming sweat stained temples | O |
| glistening with what else | O |
| moisture | B |
Paul Cameron Brown
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