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The Elephant Totem Song (1)

..amidst paradings of infernal laughter. At the Resurrection the Elephant got himself together with correction, deadfall feet and toothproof body and bulldozing bones and completely altered brains behind aged eyes, that were wicked and wise. So through the orange blaze and blue shadow of the afterlife, effortless and immense, the Elephant goes his own way, a walking sixth sense….

 

Extract from ‘Crow’s Elephant Totem Song’ by Ted Hughes

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Uploaded on October 11, 2025
Taken on October 11, 2025