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Loxodonta reduced

Loxodonta reduced 


There are no big elephants anymore near where I live
you might have one or two on the savannah, but the new
modern elephants are much smaller
nature made them smaller to avoid the big white hunter
the overly masculine type who has mistresses 
concealed but not too hidden, because if no one knows
why bother?
The smaller elephant has yet to get a proper name like
Loxodonta Africana has tiny tusks, not bigger than
bull's horn, feet too tiny to be made into an umbrella
holder, but it has adorable eyes, smooth skin, and smells
like a perfume shop.
Why should I care for the well-being, when so many 
like in Gaza have bombs thrown at them, killing children
as many as ten thousand who are not old enough 
to hate the dastardly tribe who have a hatred for any
one not like them
The Palestinians could have done as the tiny elephant
be docile to those who destroy their homes, look
picturesque when standing by the road begging for food
But no, they insist on getting their land back and 
as a result of this stubborn attitude, in a way they only 
have themselves to blame 
 

Copyright © Jan Hansen

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