the shy elephant ◯

A mice eats for two and no one can spot
While a pink elephant sucks on a peanut
The room is always full like the mice’s gut
We are used to & supposed to, but do not

The poor elephant is elegant and so shy
Its balance deserves encore but we deny
While a mice’s steps echoes fear to a bye
Its tiptoe is impossible to hear, listen, try

One mirrors the other… without conceit
About it; let the smoke clear to the unzip
The mice will drown in one elephant sip
Save your tip and hold on to your receipt

© R|CARDO.

— Ricardo Sexton