exorcise Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/exorcise/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:13:03 +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 exorcise Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/exorcise/ 32 32 135387410 An Old Superstition https://elephantsnever.com/an-old-superstition/ https://elephantsnever.com/an-old-superstition/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:12:55 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1693 by Lannie Stabile When I cross a cemetery, I grip my breath like a rosary. I watch the tombstones blur,the iron fence galloping along. I finger the beads of my lungs until my chest pops. I try desperately to exorcise you. But the heart is weak and wispy. I release the imprisoned mistand breathe your ghost in again, as I Read More

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