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Elephant swimming

By brighteyes

Thu, 01 May 2008
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shot from below

with heavy plastic and batteries

alien craft

splashing off the sun that bites

each time like chilli on a watered tongue

inbuilt snorkel/periscope

legs like pillars

paddling a temple

defying everything

wrinkly

gargantuan

sort of flying

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