voice Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/voice/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:30:31 +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 voice Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/voice/ 32 32 135387410 Lost My Voice https://elephantsnever.com/lost-my-voice/ https://elephantsnever.com/lost-my-voice/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:45:00 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2355 by Joan McNerney Around the house under the bed,on top of book shelves,perhaps flung over my closet door,or hidden inside cubby holes. Have to look for it at all my usual haunts.Check out the library, ask my pharmacist,circle gas stations and stomp up downthat damn old supermarket. Not anywhere… geez this is tiringbetter sit down and think.When did I last Read More

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