that elephant over there?
oh, yeah, I like to tell myself
it can fit in my pocket
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don’t yell at me
I yell at him—
dead sunflower in the vase
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do you think
this elephant in my pocket
makes me look fat?
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too hot for my fingers
this piece of steamed carrot so I throw
it in my mouth
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just before the snooze
alarm goes off again, a whole
dream in three minutes
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I don’t know
if truth becomes visible but
elephants do
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that scar, I pick
it even as I say out loud
stop picking it