Poem by Hilaire Belloc

The Hippopotamus

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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Thomas Eliot The Hippopotamus ("The broad-backed hippopotamus")

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