There’s an elephant on the telephone <br />Who wants to make a trunk call <br />To the elegant but pleasant gent <br />That he calls his negligent uncle <br />Who had forgotten, since he’s not <br />An elephant with great foresight, <br />To tie a tight knot upon the spot <br />In his cotton handkerchief, a fortnight <br />Ago in November, so he’d remember <br />That December’s the time for going shopping <br />For expensive gifts he intends to fit <br />In the elephant’s huge Christmas stocking.<br /><br />C Richard Miles<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/elephant-on-the-telephone/
