Point Spread Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC BDEAFGHIJKAL MNIAA AOPQHR NASKITU AVMWXYAZPAA MIGA2B2IAB2IC2D2V IE2IVF2G2AIG2O IAAH2YIY

The skull in the box is that of Cornelius A Burleigh the first man to be hanged in London Ontario August The public hanging attracted an audience of over when the village of London numbered only a few hundred Because the rope broke he was hanged twice The top of the skull was taken on a world tour by Dr O S Fowler a phrenologistA
This part of the skull was presented to the Harris familyB
Eldon House brochureC
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Off memoryB
a dareD
the grave manE
coming to a bitter endA
Burleigh top of hisF
skull reminiscent of a laundry cupG
or toothpaste cap separated fromH
its yellowing rightful ownerI
No jaws of life hereJ
rather vengeance beyond deathK
shellac varnish twist shovedA
to the withering boneL
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PhrenologyM
sinister fin de siecle fingeringN
of the intellect's characterI
through guru dimensions of the headA
pseudo savant skulduggery clairvoyantA
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Thimble full thinker sleight of handA
smoke'n mirror trophy huntersO
boisterous crowd in aP
hanging mood CoinsQ
flip on the outcomeH
while town drunks reelR
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The village idiot gettingN
into the swing of things Point spreadA
across the yawnS
of deathK
brittle behaviourI
the sharp edge of beetlesT
clicking in the darkU
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And I thoughtA
of institutionalized evilV
rabid passion for revengeM
pursued beyond the final resting placeW
most private skeletal remainsX
held up as curios Medieval burning of a heretic's bonesY
manure pile for those decried damnedA
the cross roadsZ
drive your cart over theP
bones of the deadA
the remembered suicide's endA
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Not so strangeM
given human natureI
Lord Byron's silver drinking cupG
runaway Ethiopian slaveA2
twisted paean to romanceB2
or Hand of GloryI
corpse fresh from the gibbetA
famed forges of FranceB2
Hair strands as in underI
a magnifying glass thenC2
shards of clothing clods of earthD2
covering a shovelV
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The autopsy necromancyI
Nazi intrigueE2
playing polo with yourI
opponent's skullV
Carl Sagan's Broca's BrainF2
red bearded decapitationG2
floating in a cloud of formaldehydeA
sale of skeletons white slaveryI
filthy lucre all in one utilitarianG2
lust for cadaversO
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Robber birds pinioning their preyI
Mania to collectA
mania to re collectA
shadow boxing logicH2
rattle his bonesY
he's only a pauperI
whom nobody ownsY

Paul Cameron Brown



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