There Is No Elephant

A Conversation from this Morning:

P: lol, anyway, sup?
Kirala: Trying to ignore the elephant in the room, and doing quite well.
P: LOL
P: i'm in BOL about to study till 12 when i'm meeting a friend for some chow.
Kirala: Fun. 12 is when I have class. (The elephant which IS NOT here is pricking up its ears at that and eyeing me speculatively)
P: LOL, is it a pink elephant? like in dumbo
P: ;)
Kirala: No. This is an Allegorical elephant, of the genus Metaphoricalus. They tend to be transparent.
P: those are pests
Kirala: Especially when they're entitled Paper Which Was Really Due In This Class On Monday But I Got A Blessed Extension Til Thursday But I Haven't Done Any Work Since And I Think I May Fail To Get It Done Even By Tomorrow.
Kirala: But nah, there is no elephant. *repeats it to herself comfortingly* thereisnoelephantthereisnoelephantthereisnoelephant thereisnoelephantthereisnoelephantthereisnoelephant
Kirala: La la la, I can't see you!
P: LOL, so distracting aren't they?
Kirala: And they have a way of growing in weight, and deciding it'll be fun to sit on you.
Kirala: *splat*
P: lol, and then how are you supposed to write said paper?
Kirala: Good question. It sits on you, you see, so that you can't fight it as well.
Kirala: It's a very effective strategy on its part.
P: a clever invisible elephant. what a plague.
Kirala: Indeed.