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Horace the Hippo Complains
Posted by Ferdinand, Jul 15. 266 views. ID = 1484
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 | There are too many poems here about rhinos. |  | This post has been awarded 30 stars by 8 readers. |
Horace the Hippo was feeling quite lonely,
And nobody noticed his sad little pout,
With a mutter and sigh he exclaimed, "Oh, if only
My cousin the Rhino were not such a lout!
"He pokes me and prods me, and jabs with his horn,
He snorts and he sneers as he stampedes along,
He laughs at my bulk and he treats me with scorn;
His behavior is brutish and cruel and wrong!
"And I know that his name sort of rhymes with preposterous -
It's convenient for poets, I'm sure you'll agree,
But that's no excuse to compose for rhinoceros,
When instead you could write a nice poem for me!"
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Rabbit Stu
Jul 16 | "And I know that his name sort of rhymes with preposterous -
It's convenient for poets, I'm sure you'll agree,"
Hey now...was that directed at ME???
Fun poem. :)
~Posted by Rabbit Stu, Jul 16 |
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