meteorology??

i wrote this around the time of the first iraq war, i think it speaks for itself

Weapons of mass extinction

When that meteor crashed 60 million years ago

and smashed a giant crater, into the Gulf of Mexico

Dust cloaked the earth in a deadly shroud

bringing death to so many, the humble and the proud

to extinction went triceratops, and noble iguanodon

and scatty mastodon who forgot to put his hard hat on

And oh! what a chorus from massive brontosaurus

Small particles of dust, wiped out that Vegesaurus

But no one was more vexed than Tyrannosaurus Rex

who spent his final days wearing a look that said perplexed

This emperor of all beasts this, king of the Cretaceous

Brought down by a cloud??. Its really too outrageous!

one by one… they all tumbled to extinction

Well not all….but around 90% of em’

So some 10 % of creatures survived this annihilation

And down through the years with descent by modification

Produced a childlike ape with pretensions of grandeur

Thought the world was his oyster, never stopped to wonder

About chance that had brought him here

And the obligation he was under

To respect his lineage and realise at last

there can be no future without a past

The world we now live in is hurried and it’s insular

And forgets that fateful day in the Yucatan peninsular

I wrote this poem, I wrote it in some rush

But I dedicate it to George ‘dubya’ Bush

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And of course the archaeopteryx

Who just forgot to eat his weetabix!

　

　

　

Reviews

[Mark]

I'm sending this to my Aussie friend, David Paget. Your sense of irony is near as highly developed as his, and if you've read him, you KNOW what high praise that is! As to T.Rex, I'm impressed (but admittedly a teensy bit disappointed!) that you didn't condescend to the standard comment on T.Rex's brevity of armbones--"couldn't reach his nose to sneeze, or wipe the schmutz from off his brow, because of his abbreviated phalanges, humerii and radii, as well, I vow!"

[fred]

i wrote this a long time ago ..if i was writing it now it would be better
but dinosaur anatomy would still not feature

[Mark]

Just making a crack on T.Rex's oft-maligned dinky arms, pal!

[fred]

sorry didnt mean to sound snappy

[Dr. Wood ?]

great poem.....Have no idea what archaeopteryx is..but do know that weetabix is pretty important

[Mark]

"archaeopteryx", Doc, was the first proto-bird, basically a gecko with feathers instead of scales (imagine the social harassment he--and every mutant since--had to undergo, the humiliation, the innuendo?

[Dr. Wood ?]

There has been a slight mix up here mark....As much as i would love to claim this poem as my own...I cannot....I sent it as a request..but it was to introduce you to FRED...the real author...Fred is actually my older brother..He is a genius in MY eyes...The man knows EVERYTHING.....I would like to think he settles on the cafe..he might not post nearly as much as I did but his stuff is quality.......Glad you picked that up

[Mark]

I knew it was fred's work, Doc--I was just answering your question about the archaeopteryx! Note I left a review in the appropriate block above!

[Dr. Wood ?]

sorry Mark....My befuddled brain drives me barmy sometimes. hile I am here I would like to tell you of my World Domination Tour..I am going on the road with my poetry.....I have also set into motion the self publishing of a short booklet of my poems including a few self penned illustrations....If I can set up a pay pal account I'll be touting them everywhere..so LOOK OUT

[Mark]

Well, at least you don't have any unrealistic expectations, Your Intransigence!