Angst Elephant Poems

There's a gray elephant in the room
Out of mouth of babes truth zooms
Saying what everyone's thinking brain bloom
I only recall domestic violence as gloom

I was...

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By: rontwigger

Never make believe that you do not see
That monstrous elephant in the room.
So you would be cleared in your doom,
Spread the sick beans of...

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every so often I wake up in the middle of the night
panting for breath whence the knife you stuck in my back
the elephant still in...

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it was a dark november day
the clouds hanging ominous
time seeming to stand still
the sun long gone astray

in a dark most somber mood
we headed toward memorial...

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There's an Elephant in the room.
The tension filled the air all day,
Neither party dared to assume,
Dismay held sway in its gloomy way.

There's an Elephant in...

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TALKING TO AN ELEPHANT IN A TREE
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


I was stunned this morning saw an elephant in a tree
Motioning, trumpeting, hey, please come talk with...

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If I were an elephant...
   I would not be holding my head very high.
After this past November's debacle
   I don't even...

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“What's wrong?”
“I think I have an elephant in my eye.”
“You think you have an elephant in your eye?”
“Yes! I think I have an elephant in...

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They both smiled, although only the man’s was visible
They both knew that the moment to come, had to come
The hair-dryer air killed the sweat, which...

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African Elephant 
To the small German town came the circus and it 
had amongst many animals also an old elephant.
One morning it broke loose and...

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Believe no word I say;
Just watch what I do.
No matter how I try
I can't hide it from you.

I'm a coward.
To numb the pain 
I devour...

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There is something in the room
He sits between me and you

Stronger he grows, more vocal by the day
Our well-worn words tangle into grey

Try not to...

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ROCK AND STROLL

When we weren’t stagnant we strolled the street
While all we had to do was look toward the sky
Too many of us were weakened...

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A lack of oxygen, a stifled room
A pregnant pause, apparent gloom
Bitter sighs and angry growls
Upon her face "It's not my fault"
His wrinkled brow, "I'm not...

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Suddenly,
Heartbeat trumpeting in my throat,
Her presence,
It does that to me, sometimes,
I force myself to
To neutrality, absurdity, mask,
We talk,
I remain, the elephant in the room,
I talk,
No...

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