I Have Always Wanted a Giraffe for a Pet

I have always wanted
A giraffe for a pet.
When I was younger,
I had visions of a giraffe
That would stick its head
Into my bright pink
Two-story bedroom window.
I would slide down its
Graceful neck into my backyard
Which would morph into a
Jungle-themed
Full-size soccer field.
We'd play together for hours.
I would win, of course,
Because it was my house.
 
One day I saw a picture
Of a gray giraffe by a water hole
Gazing serenely off into the distance.
Rising out of the shadow
Of its hypnotizing neck were the words
"For information call the
South Africa Mystic Hotel."
The ripples in the water
Slowly distorted the letters
Until finally they were
Only the rocks
Surrounding the water hole,
Fragments of my impossible dream.