A Mad Libs Sestina.
BY LEAH FASULO
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Mad Libs Sestina: __exclamation__!
She steps out onto the yellow __noun (2 syllables)—A__
__adv (2)__. "Goddamn you, __noun (3)__!" she shouts,
And her words ring like __adj (1)__ __noun (1)__ through the night.
The water is still but the lights are __adj (1)—B__.
And with every step, she __verb (1)__ __adv (3)—C__:
"Is that God's __body part (2)__ or is it my own?"
It isn't hard to __verb (2)__ on her own.
She just needs a __noun (2)__ on the __repeat A__.
Two suns and a moon have passed __repeat C__.
But she feels like a __noun (2)__ when she shouts,
So she __verb (3)__ instead and feels __repeat B__
Like __adj (2)__ __color (1)__ at the end of the night.
Was her __noun (2)__ __adj (2)__ the other night?
Or did she just __verb (1)__ the __noun (1)__ of her own
__body part (1)__? The answer is in the __noun (2)__ of __repeat B__
Which is hidden deep under the __repeat A__
In the realm of __made-up word (3)__. If she shouts
__adv (1)__ enough, it will come out __repeat C__.
Rarely does she __verb (1)__ __plural noun (2)__ __repeat C__,
So instead she lies down for the __adj (1)__ night.
If she can't __verb (1)__ the __noun (2)__ with her shouts,
Then she'd rather just __verb (2)__ on her own.
Pulling a __noun (2)__ onto the __repeat A__,
She falls asleep, feeling __adj (2)__ and __repeat B__.
Once asleep, she __verb (2)__ and dreams of __repeat B__
Angels, each looking at her __repeat C__.
They __verb (1)__ their __adj (1)__ __body part (2)__ at the __repeat A__
And whisper, "__verb (1)__ the __noun (1)__, __girl's name (2)__. The night
Is __adj (2)__, and you surely do not own
The __noun (2)__." She awakes to her own shouts.
And to hers join other __adj (3)__ shouts,
Billowing into __ plural noun (1)__ of __adj (2)__ __repeat B__,
Reminding her that her __noun (1)__ is her own
Worst __noun (3)__, and she should __repeat C__
__verb (2)__ the __adj (1)__ and __adj (1)__ __ plural noun (1)__ of the night:
At last, she __verb (3)__ the __repeat A__.
All night, the __adj (1)__ shouts of friends __verb (1)__ her __body part (1)__,
But she lets them __verb (2)__ __repeat C__ __repeat B__,
Ready to __verb (2)__ life on her own __repeat A__.
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