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hippo

if i were a hippopotamus

i'd never wear a suit

because one would never fit

be chic or even cute


if i were a hippopotamus

apart from where the rest go

sitting alone in my hippo home

i'd chat on the phone with Ionesco.



--- douglas brent smith


 

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