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08.09.2021

The Sales Elephant

An elephant once left the zoo

To take a position in sales

He began his career with a company

Selling very high-end wedding veils

He set out that very first week

With his briefcase close at his side

Expecting each door he came to 

To be opened up quickly and wide

But he found that his grand expectations

Were skewed and were slightly misplaced

For every door that he came to

Closed quite quickly in front of his face

It appeared that potential customers

Weren’t accustomed to big tusks and ears

Not to mention the friendly wave of his trunk

Meant to greet and assuage any fears

By the afternoon he was feeling low

And he questioned the choice he had made

And he stopped to rest by a ginkgo tree

That covered the sidewalk with shade

When his eye caught sight of a name

On a mailbox that was very nearby

“Miss Melissa Giant” it said

Then his gaze drifted up to the sky

For the house was the largest of houses

The biggest that he’d ever seen

The towering front door colored honey

The rest of the house, forest green

With a bit of a search and a shuffle

He climbed up a ladder to press

The very high height of the door bell

And then waited there holding his breath

As the lady of the house approached

And opened up the door

He once again offered his spiel

Then held his breath some more

But the door came wider open

And the giant lady grinned

For she had just become betrothed

And the planning about to begin

She said her wedding would be huge

And she’d no clue where to start

And that his knock, serendipitous

Had warmed her new bridal heart

So opening his sales case

The elephant showed her all

The giantess-sized bridal veils

For the very big and for the tall

And that first success, it led to more

Commissions they rolled in with sales

The elephant, catering to weddings

Of giants and sometimes whales