Dance of the Dinosaur
tripping the light jurassic
show me your spine
and I’ll show you mine
I’ll lead, you perform
turn my cold blood warm
assert our dominion
at the Cretaceous cotillion
bow with colossal rhythm
and a smile, jagged and winsome
you accept
a four-legged two-step
claws extend
we begin
and we dance like the asteroid is drawing near
shimmy as it enters the atmosphere
shake while the ground trembles
sing while the earth screams
waltz as all becomes smithereens
feel alive just one more time
a display both primal and divine
dancing in the falling dust
move our bones like they’re all that will be left of us
at last we collapse in exhausted satisfaction
a dance of the ages to prepare for extinction
primed for bury, we erode
to let the next era know we roamed
About the Creator
BK
self-indulgent attempts to write personal essays on the subject of being human + whatever else pours out
all photos are my own.
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