Tuesday, January 31, 2017

pink elephant

it was the thing
that mom told us
we should not
speak about
out loud
the pink elephant
in the room
and we did not
understand why
it had to be a secret
when it was such
a natural part of
being a woman


"The Elephant in the Room" by All Saunders
Courtesy of Ally Art

- Inspired by Ally Saunders  artwork "The Elephant in the Room".  


11 comments:

  1. Sad how the most natural things become taboo to talk about.

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  2. Indeed.. why keep quiet about nature.

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  3. Yes...I remember this as well! Really good Arcadia~

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  4. Oh, yes. That and many other things were taboo in my family.

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  5. Awwww. Well done. I smiled at this. So glad things are much more out in the open these days.

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  6. An excellent analogy, using pink to frame the subject of your work.

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