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How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego. ~ Amanda Torroni, writer I dreamed an elephant was flying high with wings extended and ever soaring nearer to me, as if it were clever. I dreamed an elephant was hiding in my room, and all it really was is the shadow of soon to be doomed lovers' oz. I dreamed an elephant quit eating and was dead, was nothing but a corpse beneath a blackened shroud, pall-grey without its warps. I dreamed an elephant was screaming in the night as I moved out of view, away from misery, the elephant was you!

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Date: 5/21/2024 2:21:00 PM
I hoped a real elephant wasn't in pain, but the dilemma was solved in the last line. I enjoy poems of rebuke and this one shone brightly. Thanks for your strong words.
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Date: 5/21/2024 5:20:00 AM
powerful initial quote! Loved it as well as I did your poem. Wasn't expecting the ending. If this dream is real, it is powerful with the enormity of the elephant as a symbol of being overpowered. As a youngster I dreamt of elephants, large charging after me. I always ran and got away...in retrospect these were highly charged dreams of my mother's overpowering nature and obesity. Just thinking out loud. Obviously, your poem was thought provoking. enjoy your day, Sara
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Date: 5/21/2024 6:46:00 AM
Wow. Thank you for sharing your experience with me. Narcissism is a powerful force for causing emotional damage to others.

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