Rhyming as Device

Sometimes in poems like this

coherence is what you miss.

Inconsistence may be

absolute necessity.

You are stopped and turned around

by an inconsistent sound.

The words are nothing but noise

without meaning or poise.

Rhyming sounds may seem to be

some kind of consistency

but often they really are

like beans in a Mason jar.

A sign that they are home made

but tasteless, I am afraid.

Walt Abbott–7-25-2010