By the Shores of Pago Pago<\/b>
\nMama’s cooking pots of couscous,
\nPapa’s in the pawpaw patch,
\nBebe feeds the motmot bird,
\nand I the aye-aye in its cage,
\nDeedee’s drinking cups of cocoa,
\nwhile he’s painting dada-style,
\nGigi’s munching on a bonbon
\n(getting tartar on her teeth),
\nToto’s drumming on a tom-tom,
\nFifi’s kicking up a can-can,
\nJojo’s only feeling so-so
\nand looking deader than a dodo,
\nMimi’s dressing in a muumuu,
\nNana’s bouncing with her yo-yo,
\nstirring batter for a baba,
\nZaza doesn’t make a murmur,
\nKiki hopes her juju beads
\nwill help to ward off tsetse flies,
\nLulu’s looking very chichi
\nin a tutu trimmed with froufrou:
\ndoes all this mean our family’s cuckoo?
\n~ “By the Shores of Pago Pago” by Eve Merriam, from Rainbow Writing<\/i> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By the Shores of Pago Pago Mama’s cooking pots of couscous, Papa’s in the pawpaw patch, Bebe feeds the motmot bird, and I the aye-aye in its cage, Deedee’s drinking cups of cocoa, while he’s painting dada-style, Gigi’s munching on … Continue reading