Her Bum's in Front

Her Bum’s in front, said Jimmy Kay
which caused our heads to turn one day
and giggle with unbridled glee
at his take on anatomy
of our new baby, Ellie Mae.

I saw aunt Jean blush right away
as we changed Ellie where she lay.
This prompted Jimmy Kay to say,
Her bum’s in front.

It was, of course, a sharp display
of innocent naiveté,*
yet accurate as it could be
pursuant to what he did see.
Amazed by Jimmy’s repartee:²
Her bum’s in front.

15 Lines (Rondeau)
Writer’s Cramp
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* naiveté (\nä-ē-və-tā\)...the quality or state of being naive.
² repartee (\re-ˌpär-, -ˈtā\)...a quick and witty reply.
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(The Rondeau is composed of fifteen lines, eight to ten syllables each, divided
stanzaically into a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet. The refrain consists of the first
few words or the entire first line of the first stanza, and it recurs as the last line of both
the second and third stanzas. Two rhymes guide the music of the rondeau, whose
rhyme scheme is as follows (R representing the refrain): aabba aabR aabbaR.)