Rhinoceros
You can’t judge a rhinoceros by its horn,
or a book by its undercover, well
no, not always
Sometimes a rhinoceros is horny, but
sometimes it just talks in snorts:
poetry at the watering hole:
have you not seen floppy ears
and when it charges
it’s better than Pamploma
because it goes after tourist jeeps
and they are thrilled and mostly
not gored much, whereas
in Spain, traditionally
many are hurt by the Bulls
or on other days by the tomatoes, but
a rhinoceros would never
try to eat your pizza or a matador
though I’ve heard that at the watering hole
the snort poetry is magnificent
CD’s available soon.
— Douglas Gilbert
