Inquisitive Poem by Denis Martindale

The elephant had never seen
A human stand up close
And so, of course, he was quite keen
To learn about its nose!
A teeny weeny squashed up thing,
Without a tusk in sight
And so he stood there wondering,
As if with all his might!

He pondered how the human breathed,
Its nostrils were so small
And yet the human never grieved
Or heaved in breaths at all...
Not even when it shouted loud
Or ran across the plain,
Not even when it stood up proud
And ran around again!

Elephants try to work things out,
They'll puzzle all day long,
Yet that there human made him doubt,
How come it was so strong?
Was it the food or exercise?
This puzzle proved too tough!
For while he thought himself quite wise,
He wasn't wise enough...


Denis Martindale, copyright, July 2015.


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