Friday, September 15, 2017

Around the World in the Good Ship DOGGEREL, 191

A doggerel series about the countries of the world.

Vatican City.

Well, this one used to puzzle me
When I was but a kid: You see,

I could not really figure out
What “city” here was all about.

How could a country be a town?
(My little brow then formed a frown.)

But then I learned the history—
The Catholic Church. The Holy See.

(Of course, at first that latter term
Just baffled me, I can confirm.)

But then I learned it was in Rome—
Which long had been its holy home.

And then I read Da Vinci Code—
And felt so smart ’bout what I knowed.*

*Sorry, but knew just doesn’t rhyme here.



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