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An Ecuador hype infected the Pot family.
Paul's mom had a leftist past
and came up with:
Ho Chi Min of Vietnam
sandals made
out of rubber tyre
Oldest brother Willem joined in.
He served with Unifil in Lebanon.
Unifil in Lebanon
blue beret
and a night in Tell Afuck.



Dad Ton Pot who worked as a cryptologist
at the University Computer Center
made one that Paul couldn't match:
Brimmed straw hat from Panama
tautology
from Middle America.
Whereupon Paul teased his dad with:
Fuzzy hair from Senegal
calculates
the highest prime.
That evening Mo served:
Lentil soup from Puy-de-Dôme
sausages
and garlic breath.