A doggerel series
about the countries of the world.
Dominica.
Have you
heard?—have you seen?—have you visited there?
This small
island of mountains? Caribbean* air?
Where the
ocean in hurricanes rages and roils?
And where,
yes, there’s a lake, and it actually boils?
Where the
beaches are not, shall we say, tourist traps?
Where the
beaches aren’t littered with folks taking naps?
Where the
jungles are dense? Where a parrot is king?
(It's the national
bird—have you seen such a thing?)
Where in ’78
from the English it broke?
If you’re
lost in the jungle it’s not just a joke?
Where I’d
love to go visit—well, somewhat … in part.
But I’m just
such a chicken inside of my heart.
*pronounce it
kuh-RIB-ee-uhn and it works,
rhythmically!
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