...
It's
not easy to be an elephant -
Us
elephants
(when
we feel we're about to die)
we
just go to the next room
to
die alone
We
don't want to put any more pressure on the other elephants
burdening
them with the news
that
an end is not endless.
But
the worst part is not the end itself,
but
coming closer to the conclusion
that
for some others we are of more use when dead;
some
people sell ashtrays
in
their corner shops down the street
-
ashtrays, key chains, or even little elephant shaped statues
-
all made of ivory
for
only 9,99 euro a piece.
They say, about us elephants, that our skin is thick
But
if you undress us and throw our grey shirt on the floor
(or
maybe drill a hole on our back
and
then tenderly empty all of our content with the help of a little spoon)
all
this convenient thickness left lying on the floor
is
not an elephant anymore.
Us elephants pass our whole lives
trying
to prove to others
that
we are actually more useful
when
alive.
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