Your DAILY Companion From the Almanac Editors
 This afternoon sways like an elephant, wears
His smooth grey hide, displays his somnolent grace,
Weighing
The majesty of his ponderous pace against
The slyness twinkling in an innocent eye.
–Babette Deutsch (1895–1982) | | | Question of the Day
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