Travelin' Rhyme

I’m so happy for my kid

That I can’t hardly speak, uh,

That she’s traveling on her own

Way down in Costa Rica.

One thing that folks do down there

Is zipline through the jungle.

The speed must help avoid contracting

Maladies quite fungal.

She’s helping in a project that

To me seemed very sound;

She’ll spend the next two weeks down there

Tied up in Outward Bound.

The girls will go out to the beach

To help each baby turtle

Whose parents sucked at parenting

(Apart from being fertile).

I hope the bugs don’t suck her dry,

Or carry her away.

Maybe baths in bug spray will

Keep most of them at bay.

The weather there is quite intense;

It couldn’t be much hotter.

And there is such humidity,

It’s drier in the water.

She’ll return in two short weeks

To everyone that missed her;

Her laptop, phone, and game device,

(Plus parents, brother, and sister).