Pachyderm by Sherman Alexie
1. Sheldon decided he was an elephant.
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2. Everywhere he went, he wore a gray t-shirt, gray sweat pants, and gray basketball shoes.
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3. He also carried a brass trumpet that he’d painted white.
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4. Sometimes he used that trumpet as a tusk.
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5. Then he’d use it as the other tusk.
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6. Sometimes he played that brass trumpet and pretended it was an elephant trumpet.
This poem was selected by Jarrett D. (The Loft)