It’s all about the giraffes

“Short poems are anti giraffe” ~ the giraffe union

“Giraffism is the only way of life” ~the giraffe priest of Camelopardalis temple

“If God wanted us to read short poems he would have given us six legs” ~a kid

“those who write short poems must really hate giraffes a lot” ~a big shot after a big shot

…

I have always wanted to write a short poem

a poem that will be chihuahua small

will have seven to eight  lines

and not be complicated at all

not bound by bold or italics

or words that will make it too tall

but then i was struck by a thought

a thought which came with a huge pot

that if i write a poem so small

how will the giraffes read it !

They do have long black tongue which looks purple 

and their saliva is antiseptic says Dr. Curple

but that wont help them read my poem so small

giraffism is all about big and tall

so sitting on a lime

taking a lot of time

 i wrote a poem

which was big

and the giraffes read and liked it.

but now cats don’t like me at all

©Somkritya