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Elephants Carry the World Janet Kuypers 03/09/11 (conceived 03/08/11) elephants carry the world in a line in a chain they walk hold up the earth and i remember sitting in the passenger seat with you driving down the road and two elephants started walking down the street in front of us slow down, get out of the way, i thought and as you started to pull over i looked at you in a panic and i said “i don’t have my camera with me” you pulled over, and the two elephants (one much larger than the other) started walking across the street and stopped right on the sidewalk not three feet in front of us we both just sat there in shock and awe until i watched a man from a building across the street come running toward us, slowing down and stopping at a ledge between us and the elephants he placed some hard wrapped candies on the ledge and said to the elephants “i thought you might like these” and then slowly backed away all I could think was “how are they supposed to open candies wrapped in plastic like this? they don’t have opposable thumbs” when you heard my thoughts you said, “elephants are highly intelligent creatures” and i thought, they carry the world, you know as i then looked over and saw these two elephants get on large bicycles and start to ride away Copyright © 2011 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

Watch this YouTube video listen: (1:41) live 05/17/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video from the intro to the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short story Stalker

See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker

Watch the YouTube video from IPB: the feature 06/29/11 of Impromptu Poetry on the Beach

See feature-length YouTube video of many poems read at Beach Poets from IPB: the Impromptu Poetry on the Beach feature 06/29/11