By: Briana Wasil
To the Elephant in the Room:
I’m sorry it took me so long to address you;
You see it wasn’t you I was trying to avoid
But the hundred other creatures I had to nurture before they escaped still injured for good
Yes, they say there’s an elephant that weighs
down the room
But the thing about elephants is that they’re supposed to be
large enough to spot
Heavytocarry
And
e a s y
to
track down
And yet it feels impossible to notice the elephant in the room with a thousand other critters taking up your time and space in the zoo
There’s only one zookeeper and no postings til the signs get made
So now I come back to the elephant in the room;
And it feels less scary to know that there’s only one of you and one of me
You’ll take longer to nurture and set free
And during that time there will certainly be more visitors
But, it’s not so hard when I’m just addressing
The elephant in the room.