What's In A Name?

jeanelle-averett Poems

We moved out west to Hollywood And quickly settled down Amongst the rich and famous in The heart of Tinsel Town I joined the local Lion’s Club My wife, the PTA The kiddos were ecstatic when Invited out to play They called for pick up early and We asked them on the go Just how it went with their new friends In Nine 0 Two One 0 They answered back in unison It wasn’t fun and games These California movie stars Give kids the strangest names The Nanny said that we should play With Coco on the lawn So we made some in the kitchen High-fived...and said, ‘Game on’ Were we to know that ‘Coco’ meant A girl and not a drink Oh, pardon our absurdity And poured ours down the sink About that time the Nanny said That Apple was out back So we patted on our tummies Oh, fi-na-lly...a snack Were we to know that ‘Apple’ was A friend of Choc’late Moo Of the sev’ral major food groups We’d shared play time with two About that time the Nanny said That Blanket’s on the deck We weren’t the least bit cold at all But, wrapped up for a sec Were we to know that ‘Blanket’ was A boy and not a spread The blankets back where we came from Were folded on our bed About that time the Nanny said Tu Morrow’s on her way And wanted us to stay until Tu Morrow came--to play We didn’t know ‘Tu Morrow’ meant Not staying for a snooze So we begged off playing longer We were getting too confused!