Elephant Predicament

I sat at peace contented

With the world at one

Dozing in the afternoon 

Soaking up the sun 

A shadow overshadowed me

Warmth and sunlight gone 

Suddenly it was as if

The sun no longer shone

I started up in panic

All at once awake 

But all I saw was pachyderm

All else became opaque 

I prodded at the pachyderm

It put up no fight

But merely turned itself around 

And poohed on me from height

Stunned beneath a pile of pooh

I shouted out 'not fair' 

The elephant stared at the sky

As though I wasn't there

I shouted louder at the brute

Until it noticed me

I hoped that it would move along

But all it did was pee

In the depths of my despair

I willed the elephant not there

But all my wishing was in vain

The pachyderm remained

In the end all I could do

Was resign myself to life in pooh

Sat beneath the tusker's bum

Never more to see the sun

I wept and slept and woke again

In expectation of more pain

But to my complete surprise

The sun was shining in the skies 

Elephants come and then they go

Nobody can tell them 'no' 

They are of no fixed abode 

Wait long enough - they hit the road 

So if you're sunk deep in pooh

And there's nothing you can do

When elephants trespass en masse

Remind yourself - this too will pass