I wrote this for a talent show we decided to have in Casa ACU. You probably won’t get the jokes if you haven’t lived here, but some people asked me to post it.

Ode to Uruguay

Jet lag stinks but so do we

20 hour flight, we’re finally free

we walk the streets just like a herd

and yelling English, oh my word

como? No se. no intiendo

our espanol es estupendo

me gusta mate and jamon too

and dulce de leche, our stomachs grew

Mark is angry, we don’t know why

oh well, Raquel will make us pie

alfajors, what a wonderful food

and Emily’s always in the mood

Nick thinks dogs are just like hogs

does anyone remember pogs?

Nobuki eats like a sumo fighter

and everyday Ken can pull an all nighter

Tina is eating a huge Mcflurry

but not too late or Lynette will worry

Amanda stepped in poop again

and cody, fish is not a sin

my womanhood was affirmed today

Uruguayan men have that special way

que linda, hola, pelo de sol

from a car window, it never gets old

get Horniman tea before you go home

take a picture of Artigas with a garden gnome

well eat some more meat and finish the pan

and in the end say, es un buen plan.