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By Kale SinclairPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read

In an age when carnivores clashed with herbivores,

the planet was ruled by a vast race of reptilian dinosaurs.

Dramatic battles raged across the continent, permitting the

descendants of the survivors to claim territorial dominance.

Omnivores kept to the shadows, consuming the nutrients of the carnage,

while adolescent megalodons evolved in the shallows -

feasting on the discarded limbs of the warring battle's garbage.

Although chaotic, the ecosystems remained tremendously balanced,

for every ounce of soft flesh required hides that were calloused.

The Earth was the ship and the dinosaurs were ballast.

Steady as she went until the reckoning of malice,

when the soldiers of fire blackened the aurora borealis.

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Kale Sinclair

Author | Poet | Husband | Dog Dad | Nerd | Zen Practitioner

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    Written by Kale Sinclair