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A bronze elephant statuette rests on four coffee-table books. Its trunk curls up in a bellow to challenge rivals or predators.
Another elephant: a plaster-of-Paris statuette from a mold. It rests on the kitchen table in Holland Avenue. Or Dixwell Road.
escape from the heat—
the aroma of an elephant’s
drying skin
more by FRANK J. TASSONE
photograph by Jay Mantri
Frank J. Tassone
I fell in love with writing ever since I wrote my first short story at the age of 12 and my first poem in high school. My free-verse has appeared in the literary e-zine Pif. My haibun has been published in Cattails, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun Online (CHO) and Contemporary Haibun, CHO's annual print anthology. My haiku has been published by the Haiku Foundation. My senryu has been published in Failed Haiku. I regularly perform haibun and other haikai with Rockland Poets. I am honored to be a part of the Image Curve community as a contributing poet. Visit my website www.frankjtassone.wordpress.com to see more of my poetry. Follow me on twitter @fjtassone2 and like my Facebook page American Haijin for updates on my latest work.
