bring on the elephants

AN ELEPHANT A DAY

KEEPS THE BLUES AWAY

A Lyrical Suggestion for some Sanity

By Izzy Ess of Coolness

Methinks an elephant has the equipment

To put out a fire and should be utilized

As fire[er]-fighting apparatus,

Eh?  Imagine in your neighbourhood

A pen of elephants let loose in case

Of blazing houses or a house and squirting

Water in large arches.  It would obviate

The whole expense of keeping fire[er]-fighters

In a pen for hours on end

Just playing euchre, dice, asleep, or having

Sex, awaiting for a blazing house

Or barn to spring to action.  The upkeep

For grey-white elephants would be some hay

And fresh unspoiled alfalfa, fresh, clear water

And their poop is good for fertilizing

Lawns and gardens, even yours.  An elephant

Is capable of knocking down

The blazing walls and finding folks entrapped

And saving them, their pets and children from

The flames.  And, even spiders, termites, flies

And moths could thus be rescued.  During summer

Times and winter, fall and spring, the kids,

And young adults and elders, could have some

Excitement, sans the use of drugs, by mounting

Elephants and taking rides around

The parks and neighbourhoods, instead of bringing

In the evil barkers and the carousels

To entertain them.  Transportation

Up and down the highways and the rural

Routes could be provided, easily

And inexpensively.  The baby elephants

Are entertaining just because

They’re babies and have not become the self-

Imprisoned workaholics that their parents

Are.  Imagine, eh?  Pollution would

Be very low and using oil and gas

Resources would be minimum unless

Administration is performed by a

Perfectionist, or dull committees of

Perfectionists, without imagination.

Dreams of peace and happiness, the harmony

And free expression of some unconditional

Great loves, might yet again

Be possible.  Just mice and men, alone,

Would surely and completely halt the coming

Of the natural great values of

The elephants, especially the babies,

To society, on grounds of un-

Imagination and unnatural

Perfectionist abhorrence of the natural

Sweet order of just everything,

Including chaos. While I write too much

And mention many issues with perfectionists

And left-brained people, it does help

Me get it off my chest and onto yours.

THE END

© izzy sommers, md

Welland, Canada

August 5, 2013

Simcoe, AKA, Civic Day

In Canada, a Holiday for Banks

And other large institutions