Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Hooray for Howie - LP Zoo

Pygmy hippo, Howie, does do

A descent down into the pool

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

To join with his buddies, a school

Of talapia fish, pumped that

Howie's decided to dip in,

And to share the wet habitat.

The fish like to lick Howie's skin

For salt and other goodies there -

A perk for the fish circumstance.

And Howie doesn't seem to care,

Doing his underwater dance.

A talapia winks the sign,

"Come in Howie - the water's fine."