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Fade to Gray

September 16, 2013 by Linda Gasparello 2 Comments

They walk in line, trunk to tail,

To their watering holes. Drink —

Innocents drink the water.

Then forty-one trumpets sound;

Bellowing, they all fall down.

The elephant's child is dead.

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  1. Bob Hathaway says

    September 28, 2013 at 9:23 am

    So haunting. A shame to have to be written, a privilege to be able to share.

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  2. Bob Hathaway says

    September 28, 2013 at 9:23 am

    So haunting. A shame to have to be written, a privilege to be able to share.

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