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Animal poem 3: Eye to eye with an elephant

Photo: Jaimie Parker I have always suspected that elephants were very intelligent but I didn't realise quite how intelligent until I confronted one properly in the Kruger park a few years ago. The way it looked at me I felt quite boorish. I looked at an elephant And the bastard looked back at me "Whatcher looking at elephant?" "Nothing much," it said "Hey," I said. "I'm the one who looks at elephants. Don't you eyeball me." I've seen that look before. Let me think. Where, exactly? An tall old white lady Coming out of High and Mighty, She looked at my gamboling infants underfoot Then looked at me and said: "Get those brats out of my way"" In cut glass vowls. And tinkling consonants. "What's your problem," I replied. "To me they're cute." I came to this park. I paid. You're here for my amusement. Elephant. Let's get that straight. "Yeah you're big, But I'll do the sizin