Slaughterhouse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFGH IJKLH IIMBNINOIPIIQ RISTUI IIVWXY ZIA2AB2| You're the aggressor | A |
| and your passion exceeds mine | B |
| but we're in this slaughterhouse together | A |
| and it's near closing | C |
| - | |
| Vats of prickly ointment | D |
| destined to repattern animal skin | E |
| and tubs of steaming formaldehyde | F |
| rest casually with the more antiseptic | G |
| thrill of green sawdust | H |
| - | |
| Blood is a chameleon here changing colours | I |
| en route to sausage and Pram but | J |
| my hotdogs and donuts are | K |
| holding better to the cuttlefish | L |
| in this unnatural forest | H |
| - | |
| The stars are a jangle of planets | I |
| in a world where wood became noise | I |
| each ceiling beam incidentally | M |
| is the wrenched out spine | B |
| of a Longhorn steer | N |
| doorknobs pig knuckles | I |
| bound for Octoberfest fear | N |
| Even the kindly attendant is an | O |
| ogre spying out porkers' throats | I |
| will sit under a bridge | P |
| then capsize crates | I |
| of young chickens | I |
| knife ready at hand | Q |
| - | |
| The squeal of this bovine camp | R |
| is recycled on watt amps | I |
| through more than decibels of rage | S |
| is a fishly contest designed | T |
| to trade off gruel | U |
| for fresher prospects | I |
| - | |
| One armed forklift drivers for instance | I |
| with realistic Captain Hook hands | I |
| jab instructions to | V |
| lifeless walls where | W |
| underlings the colour of grey slate | X |
| form a human paste | Y |
| - | |
| Sound is the monetary exchange | Z |
| rabbit dung the troll's own currency | I |
| each scrawl of the pen | A2 |
| confirmed by the work order | A |
| upends living things bent over in pain | B2 |
Paul Cameron Brown
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