The Hippopotamus¶
© 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.