Social Commentaries
The Hippopotamus
From The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896)
Social Commentaries
I shoot the Hippopotamus
with bullets made of platinum,
Because if I use leaden ones
his hide is sure to flatten 'em.
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MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Hippopotamus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/66/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Hippopotamus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/66/.
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