:date: 2019-01-14 :save_as: poems/hippo.html ================== The Hippopotamus ================== .. role:: raw-html(raw) :format: html :raw-html:`©` 1971,2000 Barry A. Warsaw | The huge hippopotamus hasn't a hair | on the back of his wrinkly hide; | he carries the bulk of his prominent hulk | rather loosely assembled inside. | | The huge hippopotamus lives without care | at a slow philosophical pace; | as he wades in the mud with a lurch and a thump | and a permanent grin on his face.