When he said
I just want to be a loan,
They mistakenly thought
he intended
solitude,
but really
he wanted to share
anything within
him worthy

She felt so defeated
by her inability to finish school
she referred to the whole episode
as her debacle-laureate.

The two “hippos” stood in line
hoping their vet had taken a “hippo-cratic
oath
but
was up on his shots himself
so as not to be filled
with hypocrisy.