Day Two of Five days of Sestinas by Florence Cassen Mayers: “Regrets”

Regrets

OMG
What’ve I done?
Agreed to write
5 sestinas on the Incredible
Sestina Anthology
?Time’s
almost up.

I really fucked up
big, OMG,
this time.
Have I ever done
anything so incredibly
stupid? Write

five? What’ll I write?
Am I up
to this incredible
task? OMG
Will they be done
on time?

How find time
to write?
But it’s a done
deal. I’m in up
to my ears, OMG.
What incredible

honor, what incredible
luck to be chosen this time
OMG,
Daniel Nester, to write
up
what you’ve done.

Dan, you’ve done
it! What an incredible
anthology. Stand up,
take a big time
bow. Did I write
how fab your intro? OMG

All done. Time
to write, incredible
as it seems, is up. OMG