time Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/time/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:16:53 +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 time Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/time/ 32 32 135387410 Hiccup, Goes the Clock https://elephantsnever.com/hiccup-goes-the-clock/ https://elephantsnever.com/hiccup-goes-the-clock/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:16:40 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2497 by Samuel Strathman To think, there are still sweat shops, work camps,groups of men who force girlsfrom their schools to be slaves – Some people have to burnrecycling for a living,then they get sick and wonder whythey feel so polluted by the selfishnessof others. A bookie jumps a bad client,because he rather that clientbe stymied when it happens,that’ll leave internal Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/hiccup-goes-the-clock/feed/ 0 2497 Hard Rule Enclosing https://elephantsnever.com/hard-rule-enclosing/ https://elephantsnever.com/hard-rule-enclosing/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2307 by Michael Igoe Swindled by awetaken from othersit held me fromsaved, raptured momentsIt’s frolic, a panic;the count of blood dropsin the heave of the gut.It reaps a cryptic fortuneunleashed, in vast array,makes a deal like madwith uninvited guests.Unsure, motive grows clearerin the twilight of my lifetimeI someday must clear out.My secret battle with time,Does it freeze within me? Michael Igoe, Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/hard-rule-enclosing/feed/ 0 2307 Soup / Sopa https://elephantsnever.com/soup-sopa/ https://elephantsnever.com/soup-sopa/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:13:18 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1736 by Édgar Omar Avilés (translated by Toshiya Kamei) “This quail tastes great!” “Quail? It’s mushroom soup, Marcos…” “The ones I brought back from Oaxaca? They are not mushrooms!” “Well, they must be very good. You asked for another plate a while ago.” “This is my second plate, Rebeca!” “No, it’s your third, honey… Hey, what do you know! Sofía got Read More

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