Riding Elephants

Balladeer begone

While walking through the woods

Last Monday, it was a holiday

I felt the ground shake and rumble

With that disturbance coming my way

 

Then a huge tree trunk moved

A tree? No it was grey

And in spite of there being no wind

Back and forth it continued to sway

 

A crashing crunching sound all round

Trees uprooted, then thrown aside

Then an Elephant, and on its huge back

Ana Papaya was out for a ride

 

Both an unleashed Eddie and she together

Riding way up high, sitting abreast

And they were heading straight for me

Just now, over the near hill’s crest

 

I felt a great thing wrap round my neck

And just before I blacked out

I heard a voice criticize my singing

More! It was a blood curdling shout

 

I now sing no more as a Balladeer

Because of that unwarranted attack

And every night now, I have nightmarish sleeps

That those critical three would come back

 

 

Author's Note

No trees were destroyed in this forest activity

Reviews

[Ana Papaya]

Lol!!!!!
Ok. You win Dave! Please do sing to your heart's delight.
(I've got ear plugs around here somewhere).
P.S. very happy no trees were harmed in the making of this poem.

[Dave Brown]

(............thnkx...............)

[Ana Papaya]

( .... welcome .... )