44/ I want God to be an Elephant

                December 31, 2023

            44/ I want God to be an Elephant 

                A list of my favorite newsletters to start/end the year

            Dall-e prompt: create an image of a herd of elephants swaying with massive elegance
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedA Memory of Elephants
by Sherman Alexie

I want God
To be an elephant,
But not an elephant
With God-like powers—

Just an everyday elephant.
Or better yet,
God should move
Randomly from elephant 

To elephant to elephant
So that each elephant enjoys
And suffers a day of being 
God. Why do I wish this?

Because I want God to be 
As tangible as an elephant’s
Trunk and tusks. Because I want
God to sway with massive elegance. 
Sherman Alexie
A Memory of Elephants 
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