(Another great suggestion for a poem from Michelle. Thank you again. By the way, did you know that the narwhal’s “horn” is actually a giant overgrown canine tooth? I didn’t until today!)
A rather stuffy narwhal
Often found it hard to smile.
The holes in his hats
Were really not in style.
“I must cover my baldness.
It’s quite the thing to do,
But this blasted horn
Is always poking through.”
A posh and proper hippo
With lots of girth and muscle
Was having a fitting
For a rear-enhancing bustle.
“On the river this spring
All the hippos will wear them,
And I must be the best
When we look to compare them.”
An elegant giraffe
Performed a double check
On the forty-seven necklaces
Dangling from her neck.
“Don’t my jewels look lovely?”
She asked in tones elated.
“Just a few more perhaps
To look more elongated.”
From a narcissistic narwhale
To a neck-obsessed giraffe,
The vanity of animals
Ought to make one laugh.
© 2014 Karyn Linnell
