rats

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Rats

Me did see it pon di news an read bout it inna Star

How rat infestation did tek over Calabar

Di incursion mek di teachers an administrators frown

An tings did get so bad dat di institution did lock down

Di news spread like wildfire an people from near an far

Mek joke an laugh an all rename the high school 'Ratabar'

To tell oonu di truth me did find it kinda funny

When me see di rat dem pon tv a kin teet like Bugs Bunny

Mi fren dem sen me cartoon an ting an me no stop get joke

Until me buck up supm weh did nearly mek me choke

One night me wake up hungry an decide fi eat some chicken

And guess what me buck up...nuh one rat inna mi kitchen!

Now dis creature me talking bout was no ordinary rat

As a matter of fact, at first me did tink it was a cat

So me seh "What a nice kitty puss, mek me pet up him or her"

Den me realise seh di tail did long an never have on any fur

Me seh me did so frighten mi jump up an bawl out

An whole heap a outta order word did fly outta mi mout

So me set some big ol trap pon floor, inna cupboard, pon shelf

Me set so much a di dem ting deh dat me nearly ketch miself

Nex morning me wake up an swear seh di bugger did get ketch

But di trap dem did all empty an

not one did hol di wretch

Den me see him a run cross mi kitchen floor like race car inna Dover

An mi seh di war between me an dis dutty rat jus cyaa over

Imagine me go university and all lef deh wid degree

An dis peanut-brain four-leg joncro come inna me house an outsmart me!

Me ego did tek beaten an me did feel like a wutless fool

For me sure seh dat deh rat never even go a basic school

Well him did win dat battle but me coulda never mek him win di war

For I'd be damned if me mek him tun my house into another 'Ratabar'

Mi refuse fi provide playground fi him fi run round wild an free

So me go out an me embark pon a rat-poison shopping spree

Me come home from work one evening and buck up a stinkin smell

An find him carcass inna one corner very big an swell

So at last me proclaim victory over dat pesky likkle jerk

Me jus hope seh no more a dem inna mi house a mask up an a lurk

- Michael Abrahams

[missus_vegas]

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POEM OF THE WEEK - Kotching in Atlanta

I didn't come to 'Merica to stay

I only came to learn and earn a little money

To go back home to build a house, buy a car and maybe a bar

But I now have seven grand pickney here

Who don't know the joys and have no interest in the place I call yard

I yearn for the Rock but the Rock won't have me

While I am kotching in Atlanta my heart is in Jamaica

I don't want to stay but I cannot go

See me daya between the sheets of the bed I made

With no idea where the grass is greener

I try to duplicate Jamaica in Atlanta but the patties are neither Tastee nor Juici

I play dominoes, drink rum punch and Red Stripe Beer

I can eat steamed fish, curry goat and rice but it's not Cooshu's

I can get fried fish, bammy and festival but it's not at Hellshire Beach

I scream for rum and raisin ice-cream but it's not from Devon House

I watch cricket matches but it's not at Sabina Park

I read the Atlanta Journal Constitution but it is not The Gleaner

I enjoy all the comforts of home but it's no home

I miss Mass Birtie, Mother Blake, Uncle Benji, Brother Boogs and Aunt Poochos

Greeting me with 'mawnin' and 'God bless you' when I share what I have with them

Sorrel and fruitcake in December only make me long for Father Christmas

I don't want a 'Merry Christmas' I want a 'Happy Christmas'

I can watch 200 stations on my TV but find nothing to watch

Instead of pumpkin beef soup on Saturday, I now eat hamburgers and beans

Mi belly full but mi hungry.
- Basil Waine Kong

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Kotching in Atlanta....

what a poem,

it speaks VOLUMES to soooo soooo soooo soooo soooo many people,
loads of people want to go home, never intended to even stay,
but once dem put down roots, it hard fe dig up
all me say is, me a follow me heart,
and like de money say;
In God do I trust......

larks

[sistactry]

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Vegas, where u get dese from???

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Re: rats

<span style="font-weight: bold">An mi seh di war between me an dis dutty rat jus cyaa over </span>

- wooooeeeeee, me belly


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Vegas</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Rats

Me did see it pon di news an read bout it inna Star

How rat infestation did tek over Calabar

Di incursion mek di teachers an administrators frown

An tings did get so bad dat di institution did lock down

Di news spread like wildfire an people from near an far

Mek joke an laugh an all rename the high school 'Ratabar'

To tell oonu di truth me did find it kinda funny

When me see di rat dem pon tv a kin teet like Bugs Bunny

Mi fren dem sen me cartoon an ting an me no stop get joke

Until me buck up supm weh did nearly mek me choke

One night me wake up hungry an decide fi eat some chicken

And guess what me buck up...nuh one rat inna mi kitchen!

Now dis creature me talking bout was no ordinary rat

As a matter of fact, at first me did tink it was a cat

So me seh &quot;What a nice kitty puss, mek me pet up him or her&quot;

Den me realise seh di tail did long an never have on any fur

Me seh me did so frighten mi jump up an bawl out

An whole heap a outta order word did fly outta mi mout

So me set some big ol trap pon floor, inna cupboard, pon shelf

Me set so much a di dem ting deh dat me nearly ketch miself

Nex morning me wake up an swear seh di bugger did get ketch

But di trap dem did all empty an

not one did hol di wretch

Den me see him a run cross mi kitchen floor like race car inna Dover

An mi seh di war between me an dis dutty rat jus cyaa over

Imagine me go university and all lef deh wid degree

An dis peanut-brain four-leg joncro come inna me house an outsmart me!

Me ego did tek beaten an me did feel like a wutless fool

For me sure seh dat deh rat never even go a basic school

Well him did win dat battle but me coulda never mek him win di war

For I'd be damned if me mek him tun my house into another 'Ratabar'

Mi refuse fi provide playground fi him fi run round wild an free

So me go out an me embark pon a rat-poison shopping spree

Me come home from work one evening and buck up a stinkin smell

An find him carcass inna one corner very big an swell

So at last me proclaim victory over dat pesky likkle jerk

Me jus hope seh no more a dem inna mi house a mask up an a lurk

- Michael Abrahams
</div></div>

[missus_vegas]

Re: rats

source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...ts/arts41.html

[sistactry]

Re: rats

de war between me and dis dutty just cyaan over,

(u kno dem did have a song wid dem words deh....one nice chune to...)