Zipcar Vocab/Villanelle Challenge

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Zipcar Spelling Bee Team Takes Second Place

Dear Boston Zipsters,
 
Thank you all for your support of the Brookline Foundation's 11th 
annual Spelling Bee which raised money for Brookline Public Schools. 
The Zipcar team turned in an astounding rookie showing by taking second 
place (out of over 50 teams). The team was made up of members Jennifer, 
Bob and Kei. They made us proud! 

Here are the words they spelled:
 
expertise, cantor, galahad, missal, harridan, hegemony, anoint, limn, 
canvass, trapunto, visceral, caudal, bouillon, psilosis, obeisance, 
usufruct, cruzeiro, surcingle, coelenterate, villanelle, dehisce

Now it is your turn: Use ALL the words in a short paragraph--250 to 500 
words, that hangs together grammatically and makes sense. Extra points 
are awarded to entries that contribute to human knowledge or progress, 
and extra, extra points to those that do so adhering to the poetic form 
of a villanelle (in which case, you don't have to use that word).
The best entry will be awarded a $50 driving credit. Hit reply and have 
at it. 

Stephen Oakley,
Director, Zipcar Boston

Dear me, I am entertained. :-) I'm not even convinced all these words can be fit into a villanelle... but I never can resist formal poetry. Anyone up to the challenge?

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sigh, now I really want to be a member!