An elephant more mammoth than a mammoth

        (But hairless and with skin that's serpent smooth

Shining like patent leather) has been brought

        Into tow in a boarded-up box car.

                People are strangely spooked and stay away.

                        I happen to be station superintendent

                        So I ask to have a chat with the handlers.
Four painted Ramakrishnas squat in loincloths,

        One at each foot of the luminous beast.

They all from Owen Sound, Ontario.

        They greatly admire the poet bpNichol.

                Each recites his favourite line or two.

                       But most of their time's spent praying, fasting,

                       And playing lacrosse for Akwesasne Lightning.