A wheel is like an elephant:
Rolls round
Leaves path
Remembers home.
Rolls round:
A gray trunk curling lip
A footprint circle.
Leaves path:
A track in mud
A tread to herd and bed.
Remembers home:
Walks o’er and o’er
The tribe’s worn orb.
Jeanne Poland's Poetry Blog
08 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
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A wheel is like an elephant:
Rolls round
Leaves path
Remembers home.
Rolls round:
A gray trunk curling lip
A footprint circle.
Leaves path:
A track in mud
A tread to herd and bed.
Remembers home:
Walks o’er and o’er
The tribe’s worn orb.