is not really the title of a movie 
but if it were I would be sure to see it. 
I love their short legs and big heads, 
the whole hippo look. 
Hundreds of them would frolic 
in the mud of a wide, slow-moving river, 
and I would eat my popcorn 
in the dark of a neighborhood theatre 
When they opened their enormous mouths 
lined with big stubby teeth 
I would drink my enormous Coke. 

I would be both in my seat 
and in the water playing with the hippos, 
which is the way it is 
with a truly great movie. 
Only a mean-spirited reviewer 
would ask on holiday from what? 


 = Karen Marek