The White Elephant

A tale of building to waste

With trumpets and tambourines the ceremony began…

To ring-in the Titanic was the plan

Many a dollar was spent, whilst Uncle Sam ignored the cents �" sense

A toilet to many was the cry, for men like these cover their stench with roses in bloom

With brilliant white teeth they smiled a sheen,

these rosey men of tailor-suited high-esteem let rip their shiney gleens, captured by the bulbs of glory for the evening news story…

Many days passed, their million dollar elephant laid bare, a lazy thorn upon my stare, amidst the daylight glare…

Beyond their grasp lay the treasure, for they lack the thought of good measure…

A solution sought for their dilemma, the elephant arose to bring displeasure…

A discussion in discourse, opposing views held in polarity. Will sense surpass insanity? Or will the white elephant spew forth her profanity?

Pay her 4 million for clarity… better yet it should have went to charity !!!

Author's Note

i wrote this in response to the government building a brand new building that laid empty

Reviews

[Beth Shade]

The ending tied everything together for me. It took me a bit to grasp all of this until I read that. Of course I had to go over the poem again to get your full use of symbolism. Very nicely used. I like it. And I agree- it should've gone to charity.

[El Chico]

Hi Thanks for the review...its one of my poems i like least because it doesn't quite feel finished or perhaps i couldn't close out the thought loop i had when writing it lol so i appreciate the positive review :)

[Beth Shade]

You'll find it. A lot of my work is like that and holds that feel. My recommendation would be to leave it for a few days to a full week and read over it again, make notes or change what you feel needs to be changed and continue doing so ,spacing it out a full week each time, until you believe it's fineshed.