A POEM FOR A HIPPOPOTAMUS


When such
A large animal
Goes mad in a circus

Threatening
Beautiful children
It’s time to
Take it out

Put it outside
The tent

A hippo runs
And trips
Breaks its neck
With its own weight

A hippo
Could feed
A large family

A hippo
Is a mass
Of red meat

Carne asada
Del Africa

Insane mammals
Are better

When they’re
Put away

A hippo
Sits down
When it’s taken

It stares
At the horizon

Before falling asleep