A poem about `Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez'

It all started when my daughter said, ‘Hey dad, let’s talk Armenian’. ‘Armenian’, I said, ‘OK, let’s start’

Yet, the only Armenian word came to my mind is; ‘Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez’. Don’t ask me why?

May be it’s a word sprung out from my childhood. I always loved that that word and regardless how long it was- I pronounced it with my lungs filled with joy and liveliness.

But, now it’s all about the ‘ZOO’.

It’s so easy to be at the, ‘ZOO’ and have a blast all afternoon. It’s so fun to be at the, ‘ZOO’ and forget about life’s troubles. I can see the elephants splashing fountains of water in the ‘ZOO’. I can see giraffes licking a young girl’s cheeks in the ‘ZOO’.

Yet the only Armenian word came to my mind is. ‘Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez’. Don’t ask me why?

‘Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez’. A childhood dream-word turned into doubt. Which makes me ask- Are the animals well-fed in ‘Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez’? And do the monkeys have trees to climb in ‘Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez’? And do foxes tell funny jokes in ‘Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez’?

It all started when my daughter said, ‘Hey dad let’s talk Armenian’. ‘Armenian’, I said, ‘OK, let’s start’

Yet, the first Armenian word came to my mind is; ‘Gen-ta-na-pa-na-gan Ba-r-deeeeez’. Don’t ask me why?