a balanced elephant
I once was an elephant
so very large and grey
who wandered the jungle
for somewhere to play
while I was walking
as elephants do
on a beach, by the ebb
I so happened to stumble upon a spider
so silently making its web
I watched for a moment
while it spun and stuck
and halting my walking
to approach the beast
I tested some words
upon its tiny ears
"can I jump on your web?"
I asked so quietly
as if a whisper,
to the spider who ceased its spinning
and spun around to face me grinning
"of course you may"
it spoke in a voice very loud
a voice that heard the entire jungle
without making a single sound
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