No Longer Here

65 Million Years ago ...

 

No Longer Here…

 

The huge carnivore was out on a hunt

Sniffing for meat or a near-by grunt.

Anything live he could simply devour

Leisurely, now and through the hour.

 

He was the one the others feared

To the chase, he was always geared.

His menu varied from short to tall

Any critter he found he could easily maul.

 

Triceratops was one of the best,

It’s tasty ham and, oh, the breast!

Those jagged teeth could gnash and rip

Any carcass he could whip.

 

‘Rex’ was the king that no one beat

Some had tried and became his treat.

The jungle was his whole domain

Despite his very tiny brain.

 

Wait, what’s that thing up in the sky …

A ball of fire that can fly?

It was coming now at its face!

No place to run in any case.

 

The burning ball came down on water

Creatures killed, both sons and daughter.

The sky went dark from broiling mass

Instead of air there was choking gas.

 

With smoke and ash thrown everywhere

Could not breathe -- there was no air!

A stampede -- broken neck -- a SNAP!

Alas, extinction’s here -- OH CRAP!

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Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love this...ever since i was a little kid...dinosaurs fascinated me...
Alley Oop's chauffeur was a genuine dinosaur...and I used to collect them in the Rice Krinkles boxes...
cereal toys.
amazing how they roamed earth and were suddenly gone...
just like that....some of my students write research papers about their demise.
this is a cleverly constructed poem giving us the sad story...especially sad for those Triceratops ...who were my favorites.
and the Meat eater clobbered by the meat-e-or....
j.

[Ralph Proenza (Docralph)]

Ha! Thank you, Jacob. A whimsical poem, an ode to a fascinating creature. Hey, good pun (meat-e-or..)
-Ralph

[emmajoy]

Read three times and enjoyed more each time: so many aspects wrapped in one poem.. something for all thoughts and moods. Happy reader here~ a quirk of a poem and consequently, memorable, Great ending, tongue in cheek yet both physical proof and your descriptions have turned this into a playful yet pensive poem. Thank you so much.

[Ralph Proenza (Docralph)]

Thank you, emma for your generous comments. I must have been in a frivolous (quirky) state of mind at the time! :-)

[Robert Trakofler]

well his extincts became existentially extinct LOL like the rhyme and flow of these lines:)

[Ralph Proenza (Docralph)]

Thank you, Robert, for taking the time to comment :)
-Ralph

[NotUsinganymore]

Very humourous poem, I enjoyed it. When I leaned about dinosaurs I probably was around 20 and didn't even think they existed. I thought my friends were joking to me.