12 Ιουλ 2016

Us, elephants.

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It's not easy to be an elephant -
Us elephants 
(when we feel we're about to die)
we just go to the next room 
to die alone
We don't want to put any more pressure on the other elephants
burdening them with the news
that an end is not endless.
But the worst part is not the end itself, 
but coming closer to the conclusion 
that for some others we are of more use when dead;
some people sell ashtrays 
in their corner shops down the street
- ashtrays, key chains, or even little elephant shaped statues 
- all made of ivory
for only 9,99 euro a piece.

They say, about us elephants, that our skin is thick
But if you undress us and throw our grey shirt on the floor 
(or maybe drill a hole on our back 
and then tenderly empty all of our content with the help of a little spoon)
all this convenient thickness left lying on the floor 
is not an elephant anymore. 

Us elephants pass our whole lives
trying to prove to others 
that we are actually more useful
when alive.



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