rock Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/rock/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 12 Aug 2019 05:05:04 +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 rock Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/rock/ 32 32 135387410 The Cairn on the Beach https://elephantsnever.com/the-cairn-on-the-beach/ https://elephantsnever.com/the-cairn-on-the-beach/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:30:29 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1804 by Annie Bien Artha’s feet sank into sand, the tide swept waves forward, ocean swarmed his legs, stung his ankle wounds. He cringed, dreading the whip, shouts, lacerations. He sank torso deep. Stay still. No more fire, collapsing wood, temple crashing, shouts, running, no darted thigh, falling. He remembered the boy blowing into his trunk, whispering: “No more whips, marigold Read More

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