The bunny has a nose that’s pink;
The baboon’s, often blue;
A dog’s is mostly black, I think–
What color nose have you?
The elephant can boast a trunk;
The rhino has a horn;
The pig, a shovel he can dunk
For bugs and buried corn.
Beside such noses, gay and merry,
My own nose seems so ordinary.
by Ray Romine Tuesday, January 8, 1952
