I wrote this poem back in 2004 or 2005. I don't remember what inspired it or how it came about. At the time I was experimenting with fonts and other use of non-lettered keys within my poems. I have always been fascinated by elephants, so somehow, this all came together. and yes, all the facts about elephants are true.
Elephant
/last night i fell asleep/
\in the middle of a prayer\
elephants often visit the
graveyard of their own dead
/this morning when i awoke/
\i felt numb and cold\
the elephant brain weighs 4 times
more than the human brain.
/a motorcade passed me today/
\it was the funeral variety\
i wonder if elephants
really ever forget
/i never remember the past/
\i hate myself for this\
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