Scorned Elephant

SCORNED ELEPHANT Squat and stuck On the flat wetted Skid-streaked take-off strip Snub-nosed Jumbo sprawls about dissipated Under the beery stares of uncouth deriding youth. Swine scorn a pearl, greedily grubbing for acorns. How can they know lustre outlives lust? Their ignorant grunts are taken for granted. Prima ballerina now she’ll dance Gaily gaining speed she’ll start to prance Leaping up the air will free her swift Graceful strength not seen but felt in lift Two wings full spread to soar in pride Shimmering sheen of pure pearl Diminishing sight, the freedom girl Fast bound to America by knots untied. ............................................................... Note. Observng people in a foreign airport, mocking American values, I saw the Jumbo jet as the symbol of US life. First verse is unrhymed for the foreigners, second verse is rhymed with run-on lines for the American values - freedom and untied knots.