cave Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/cave/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 cave Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/cave/ 32 32 135387410 Rock Paintings (2) https://elephantsnever.com/rock-paintings-2/ https://elephantsnever.com/rock-paintings-2/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:23:56 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2420 by Don Thompson Oblivion carries out its briefagainst color, relentlesslyturning the past pewter or dunso that once vivid eventscome back to us insipid,wrapped in spider silkand sucked empty. Yokuts memories are shards, basketstattered like abandoned bird nests—grave robbers’ leavings. But some murals must endure,sequestered in caverns no one ever found,unfading chalk and graphite pigments,cinnabar and volcanic ochre yellowimported from the Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/rock-paintings-2/feed/ 0 2420 A Darker Place https://elephantsnever.com/a-darker-place/ https://elephantsnever.com/a-darker-place/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:30:54 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2172 by Kenneth L. A. Lineberger A blast of air hurled Kim to the ground. Sound and sand pelted her as she tucked her head. When the din quieted she rolled to her knees and brushed long, black hair out of her face. The collapsed cave entrance stood in ruins before her, rocks and boulders strewn in every direction. A large Read More

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