Wednesday, September 8, 2010

a stampede is looming


Elephants are crowding near the village
bearing the odor of tea and birch
from the hinterlands.
Rogue and herd mingle,
trumpeting and rumbling—
a stampede is looming.
This time, it isn't Bomba's call
that moves them.


2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2010 at 1:11 AM

    I felt I was transported to some Jungle in Kerala..
    beautiful

    :)

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  2. Philip ThriftSeptember 9, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    Thanks!

    Some of these elephants are turning gay, they say (like Ken Mehlman).

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