His skin is thick; his temper’s short;
He stops to paw and sniff and snort;
He has the manners of a hog;
He’s handsome, nearly, as a log.
Important, touchy, brash and large,
He’s slow to think and quick to charge.
Without those horns atop his pan,
His description would fit man!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, November 14, 1951
