Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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THE GOLDEN ELEPHANT

Made for the world.

Made for a clown.

Made to be hung upside down.

It can speak.

It can see.

Not better nor lesser than any human being.

It will put on sunglasses.

It will tie a shoe.

It will dive in a pool.

As perfect as perfect will be.

It yawns, it sleeps.

Made for fear.

Made for a snack.

They run and laugh.

They sing and play.

All when you are looking away.

Analise Braddock
Analise Braddock, 9
Katonah, New York