• By Kai Singh (they/she)
  • Art “Cat Light” by Miriam MacMillan (she/her)

There once lived a man from now sweet _ _ _ (location) _ _ _ ,
and from here he went on with joyous dance
left to find fortune; eyes set on _ _ _ (noun) _ _ _.
On his merry way, he frolicked to France.

In Mont-de-Marsan, he found a kind girl
with silken black hair and a skin of _ _ _ (color) _ _ . Who made him want to scream, laugh and _ _ (verb that rhymes with girl) _ _ . He took her to bed, where lay his _ _ (noun) _ _ _.

She giggled with her ginger, touched his lips,
and leaned in close, giving a scent of _ _ _ (smell) _ _ . “Yes,” she said without a sense of censorship leading him to her room with a loud _ _ (onomatopeia)_ _ _.

But he was shocked; hadn’t caught her wink.
For this girl from France was really a
_ _ _ (a queer young man with a slim build and youthful appearance)_ _ _.