PHONETIC BEHEADMENT

The first answer to this flat is a six-letter, two-syllable word. The second answer is the second syllable of this word - phonetically.

A rabbit is nibbling, enjoying the day, 

The peace and the quiet, the gentlest of

   breezes,

As softly, the _ _ _ _ _ _  wafts over the

   hare,

And ever so lightly, his _ _ _ now it 

   teases.

Answer:

 

A rabbit is nibbling, enjoying the day,

The peace and the quiet, the gentlest of

   breezes,

As softly, the ZEPHYR wafts over the

   hare,

And ever so lightly, his FUR now it

   teases.

 

Credit:

The Enigma 

November, 2020

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