Hippos are cute in cartoons
but not so in real life
they kill about 500 people per year
some think as high as 3,000
they’re not exactly dear
how is it cute becomes deadly
are they just perennilly pissed off
or natural born animal psychopaths
I don’t know what the answer is
I’m not an expert in hippo psychology
and thank God I’ll never have to meet one
Bob Boyd