Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Weighing Way - LP Zoo

Being a growing rhino boy,
I do a weigh in, yes I do,
After a month in Illinois,
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
The keepers did train me so that
I would know when and where to walk
On a scale in the habitat.
The keepers give a great pep talk.
I am on target so it sounds
For the few weeks that I've been here -
One hundred seventy four pounds.
I'll get much bigger so I hear.

As big as Dad some future date,
A ton and a half is Dad's weight.