Keep Your ----s Off Me [by Florence Cassen Mayers]

Keep Your ___s Off Me

Hey ___some
lend me a ___,
she says, ___me
those second___
___cuffs
will you, they’ll come in ___y.

You have to ___
it to her: dealt a tough ___,
___icapped,
she’s an old ___
at under ___edness.
Lives from ___

to mouth on ___outs
and ___-me-downs.
Rules with an iron___.
___s
him a ___gun
a ___saw

a ___grenade.
Think you can ___le it?
she asks, or shall I call a ___yman?
Are you left-___ed or right-___ed?
Light-___ed or heavy-___ed?
Ride me on your ___le bars.

From her ___bag
she takes a ___stitched ___towel
wipes her ___s.
Now they shake ___s
and he notices how cold her ___s
are. Would she like to wear his ___-knit

mittens? He’s eating out of her ___s!
___
over ___
they climb a ___-rail
escape by a ___’s breadth.
The situation’s out of her ___s.

She doesn’t lift a ___,
her ___s
are tied, but, refusing to bite the ___
that feeds her, ___s out
merc___ise: ___ icrafts,
c___eliers, ___written ___bills,

___kerchiefs, ___books.
He asks her father for her ___.
Into the sunset they go, ___in ___.

–- Florence Cassen Mayers

Comments

[Laura Orem]

Poetry Mad Libs! A great idea!

[Moira]

FCM,
What a fine bit of sleight-of-____
____iwork. Cheers.

[Jean & David Balderston]

We have to ___ it to you, Florence!!! It's wonderful.
Jean & David

[Stacey]

I like this even-___ed poem! I bet Frederic ___el would have written a Messiah about it.