Silly Animal Rhymes — Hippo Reflections
the Serengeti series
Published in
Apr 2, 2019
by Joe Váradi
Hippo Reflections
The Greeks named us
“river horse” —
as did the Chinese
of course —
How’d they cook up
such an apt
similitude
so exact
(Kidding …) yes, it’s
tenuous
clubbing us with
Pegasus
Seabiscuit? now
there’s a name
we could in good
conscience claim
We are hardly
elegant
lack the racing
temper’ment
We’re not much help
‘round the farm,
But we offer
tons of charm!
Hey! perhaps …
that’s why we’re the
inspirations
for Boynton’s greatest
publications!
The End
in the same spirit