<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367014" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Close Encounter</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">And there he was, like mercury, <br>Dressed in his leathered skin, <br>The elephant that looked at me<br>And knew that he would win! <br>While I stood still with mounting dread<br>And in one of those jams, <br>His tusks were pointing dead ahead! <br>Just like battering rams! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I could run left, I could run right, <br>A nearby tree to climb, <br>Then hold on tight with all my might<br>As we two passed the time...<br>Then suddenly he walked away! <br>He left me standing still...<br>Perhaps I'd live another day, <br>Though right then I felt ill...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I gulped and walked away real slow...<br>Quite gingerly at first, <br>Then scarpered off, now on the go<br>And running at full burst! <br>The elephant let out a roar! <br>He bellowed loud and clear! <br>I kept on running all the more, <br>Like you would, too, my dear! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, July 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Close Encounter'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot.com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367014" data-title="Close Encounter de Denis Martindale" data-description="And there he was, like mercury, Dressed in his leathered skin, The elephant that looked at me And knew that he would win! While I stood still with mounting dread And in one of those jams, His tusks were pointing dead ahead! Just like batterin..."></div> </div> </div>

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