Unlikely Pairing
One ungainly orphan elephant, wandering and uncertain
of where his journey’s leading him, comes upon a curtain
of mist that rises from the plain, shimmering, evanescent.
The stars now muted overhead, the moon a fuzzy crescent.
He splits the curtain, comes upon a lone and lost impala
split off from the herd during some wild stampeding gala.
They form a duo and plod on, each looking for a herd.
Such an unlikely couple. Impossibly absurd.
And yet they struck a certain chord, each one with the other.
She was the sister that he lacked, and he her missing brother.
One thing led to another. She fit him like a glove,
and before they knew it, the two were fast in love.
When the baby came, it looked a bit like a nyala,
a bit like a rhinoceros––an elephantiala!!
Prompts today are intent, orphan, elephant (good grief) and evanescent. Add this one, too: curtain.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
A wonderfully absurd poem. Love it.
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That’s what you get when someone throws elephant into the mix.
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It’s great! Would make a great children’s book
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Such an impossibly absurd poem — yet so cheery and upbeat! I’d love to see an elephantiala at the zoo!
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It’s unlikely, Janet. They are exceptionally rare.
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Too bad you don’t have the picture 😀
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Ha!!! I came as close as I could without photoshopping.
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Elephantiala – brilliant! There is a Russian song about a giraffe who fell in love with an antelope. Both families rejected the couple, and only the old parrot kept repeating, “Giraffe is tall, he can see better.” Quite philosophical, if you think about it.
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