- there's an elephant called guilt / and he stomps inside the room / with doors wide open. / you can't help but look at it / getting peanuts to feed it / a bucket of water for it to chug whole. / "make yourself at home" / it might belong there already / like a cat that enters and makes anywhere its throne. / you can't give it all your attention, but again / you can't help but look at it from time to time / not with love or adoration. / don't you know? if you fell down, the elephant / would stomp close, / stomp on your back / break your ribs. / like hopeless. / and you can't ask for it to leave / the doors wide open won't work this time. /
- you stop the peanuts / cut it with the water bucket / and eventually/ slowly day by day / the elephant dies.
jul 24 2020 ∞
jan 4 2022 +