I laid down with my baby elephant who didn't want to eat
today
all he wanted were the coconuts
together we dream
we go deep into the woods
looking for mama, I painted him yellow and blue
and made us both red and orange garlands
Don't eat the flowers baby love
I wear a sari like my grandmother wanted
baby elephant remember
we stay together in the forest
... and the hot rain are mama's tears
How do we write happy poems for
baby elephants who do not speak
Portuguese?
we keep going down the forest
drinking coconut milk and laughing
my baby elephant lays on top of me
and I call him silly and lay closer...
... he whispers
what do you want?
do you want more of me?
oh no, my baby elephant speaks English
Who would know he was an American elephant?!
Hey, my little big baby how old are you?
I'm four he says. I'm a silly four year old
baby elephant.
Not silly, you are my baby elephant
and it is when you shower me in joy
amidst the rocks and the mud
that I know we are brother and sister!
Hey, if I don't climb on your back
we will be lost in this forest!
Come. And up we rolled.
As if the world was upside down.
And We were So happy.
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