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August 25, 2023

Critically Endangered

I tiptoe over the obvious,
with only giant elephant feet
to get me to the other side.
Deafeningly loud
to everyone else except for me.
I stop to bathe in the mud.
Thick, chocolatey goo.
Refreshingly messy.
Paired with disapproval.
Onwards and upwards.
I get lost in the forest,
now the savannah.
I make friends with the
little birds on my skin.
They speak to me.
Ask me to fly.
I’ve done this before.
I know I can do it.
Now people wonder
why I’m critically endangered.