Pablo Escabar’s Hippos

Pablo Escabar’s Hippos

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the Central American countries
along with Belize, Colombia, and Mexico
got their ministers of the environment together
for an urgent conference.

the topic
Pablo Escabar’s Hippos.

The late narco trafficker
Had a wildlife zoo.

And his wildlife had gotten loose
Bears, elephants, lions,
tigers, and wolves.

And especially hippos
Had escaped.

And were spreading everywhere
The ultimate invasive species
Wrecking havoc everywhere.

The Ministers decided to first deal
With the hippos and then deal
With the bears, elephants, lions,
Tigers, and wolves.

They were causing the most damage
They eventually rounded them all up/
And put on display.

In the Bogota City Zoo
Pablo Escobar’s gang members
Volunteered to be guards
Of the hippos.

Which they worshiped
As the guardian animal
Of the late Pablo Escabar.



NEW PROMPT: Tomorrow, February 15, is National Hippo Day. Write a story or poem involving a hippopotamus. One of the genres must be Nature.