Haikus in Hamamatsu

In Hamamatsu,

our goal: to visit the zoo

So, Hamamatzoo?

Maryrose: bunny.

Therefore, Nathaniel: Lyons

See what I did there?

Bouncy kangaroos!

Except they walk on four legs...

So, not that bouncy.

 

Tried to call the birds,

but I'm not Mary Poppins?

How disappointing.

 

An angry eagle-

he has feathers, he's not bald-

plotting his escape.

 

If I ever saw

beetles the size of my hands, 

I would run away.

 

Hey, it's Rubius!

Hey Rubes! Oh, whoops, wrong feline.

Must be his cousin.

 

Lion count: one, two.

One by birth, one by nomen.

Basically the same.

 

A buff buffalo

buffalos a buffalo

back to Buffalo.

 

Hey Mister Giraffe!

That's a long neck you got there.

How you holdin' up?

 

Zebra stripes: are they

white on black, or black on white?

One for the ages.

 

Many pigs survive

without functional sweat glands

because they wallow. 

 

Peacocks strut around

like showgirls (except they're male):

Nature's Las Vegas.

 

One brown bear pacing,

One brown bear in a hot tub.

One knows how to live.

 

Bright pink flamingos!

Oh jeez, look closer, my friends-

Their knees bend backwards.

 

Sans Gentoo penguins,

how can a zoo be a zoo? 

This place has no class.

 

Seal or sea lion:

how to differentiate?

Visible earflaps.

 

I'm a polar bear.

I belong in snow and ice.

Thank God for this pool.

 

"¿Cómo te llamas?"

"Ah, tu hablas español!

Me llamo llama!"

 

A tiny airplane,

Flying so high in the sky-

Airbase is nearby.         (-Nathaniel)

-Maryrose