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Texas | Columns | "Once Upon A Line"

Hippopotami

by David Knape

I often wondered
how it was,

the singular
- Hippo-pot-a-mus,

changes names
when multiplied,

becomes as such
Hippo-pot-a-mi.



© d.knape
February 9, 2016
More "Once Upon A Line" - Light verse and poetry by d.knape

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