TIT FOR TAT -- a poem and song by Bill Kochman



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TIT FOR TAT

by Bill Kochman

02-18-2025

Well just look at the pols,
It is all simply tit for tat,
Something is not right,
I think I smell a dirty rat.

Well, the left claims this,
While the right says that,
So much like a magician,
With a rabbit in his hat.

Let’s be perfectly clear,
GovGuam is way too fat,
But as for that pari, pari,
It’s really one dug-in cat.

EXPLANATION: On the island of Guam, "pari pari" is the local Chamorro phrase which signifies political nepotism, or a GovGuam employee who hires other family members or close friends as a favor to them. The phrase "pari pari" is derived from the Chamorro word "kumpaire" which refers to a grandfather. In turn, "kumpaire" is derived from the Spanish word "compadre" which means the same thing.

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