White Elephants Poem by Dan Brown
White Elephants
Behold the white elephants
that trample down the grassroots
to totter across the tile
in designer ankle boots
and find reflected in chrome
the love they crave back at home.
See the monstrous monoliths
that herd and harass the sheep
- paper-weighted and lazy -
on their pointless pilgrimage
to purge at the neon shrines
and chase down the hollow dreams
sold to them by moneymen.
Pity these creatures, bleating
as they wield their plastic swords
to slay the beastly burden
that promised them such rewards.
Where are the comments? ? ? I just read Dan's 2006 (on PH) poem about suicide, and I think it is a GREAT POEM, except that MY THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT are 'totally' 'at odds' with his; I think suicidal people deserve counseling first but the decision is THEIRS, not Dan's! !
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/24/2024 12:20:55 PM # 1.0.0.1119
I 'love' the alliterations in the poem, but I don't TOTALLY understand it; some of what he wrote sounds 'kind of' 'poetic' but that doesn't make help me understand. Certainly it seems shopping for and possessing 'things' substitute (poorly) for desires a person REALLY HAS. : )