Dinosaur

Dinosaur

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

Dinosaur

 

 

at my fossilized age

I am fairly certain

my understanding

of love died out

with the meteor that hit

 

the one that procured my heart's

extinction.

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/2/21

© 2022 jacob erin-cilberto


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The last line is my favourite. Thanks for sharing, great work.

Posted 2 Years Ago


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jacob erin-cilberto

2 Years Ago

Thank you, R.J.
j.
Ha! Funny J, and clever metaphor too. You are no fossil, you are a spring chicken compared to those dinosaurs :)

Chris

Posted 2 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

2 Years Ago

I wish,
thank you, Chris,
j.
OMG J.... So funny you use he word fossilized... because my husband (who is a vigorous 86) says that all over 85 are fossils, 75-85 are ancients!!! Love this poem and love is what you make of it....
Best, B

Posted 2 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

2 Years Ago

thank you, Betty...if your husband is still vigorous, no way he is a fossil.
j.
Does anyone understand love? It is a raw force of nature so powerful that only God can truly know it. We poor humans must muddle through.

Posted 2 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

2 Years Ago

yep, muddle, muddle, muddle.
thank you, M.J.
j.
M. J. Smith

2 Years Ago

You're welcome, my friend.
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This made me laugh, Jacob. I recently read an extremely ridiculous piece of prose on another writing site, where the author strangely argues that it was God /Allah that wiped out the dinosaurs because they were encroaching on habitats that were supposed to be for human population. Apparently the meteor didn't exist at all. Not sure where they got that theory from! Anyway, this poem has another clever metaphor, yet judging by your poetry and the rate at which you produce the poems, it's highly unlikely you are fossilized and definitely no dinosaur. Clever writing, as always. ⚘

Posted 2 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

2 Years Ago

If I were a dinosaur, I would want to be a Brontosaurus...gentle, but too big to mess with.
t.. read more
Remember the Movie with Cary Grant “Bringing up Baby”.. in the end Katherine climbs up the Dinosaur and all the Bones come tumbling down… but She got her Man…. gently, Pat

Posted 2 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

2 Years Ago

Yes, I saw that movie not too many moons ago, again.
Love it...the two different lions, Baby .. read more
Patricia Wedel

2 Years Ago

dear Jacob… Katherine was the Quintessential Woman ever, and of course Ingrid Bergman in Casablanc.. read more

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jacob erin-cilberto
jacob erin-cilberto

Carbondale, IL



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Originally from Bronx, NY, I live in Carbondale, Illinois...teach English at a community college and have been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. I am here to read for inspiration from other po.. more..

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