Flashy
What a shame (for you) your Big Bang was the death of me.
I’m a dinosaur from a land before time
Never thinking beyond the gilded frame
I walked this planet thinking all was fine
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Quietly avoiding planted land mines
Now here I sink, mired in black pits of shame
I’m a dinosaur from a land before time
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In the shattered Earth, I draw a deep line
Sink or swim, this life will not be the same
I walked this planet thinking all was fine
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But now I see, this world was never mine
Watching the sun, my eyes burst into flame
I’m a dinosaur from a land before time
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My life, part of yours, by simple design
With no more rose tinting, I can see who came
I walked this planet thinking all was fine
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No longer a part of your misguided fame,
I revert to the creature that can’t be tamed
I’m a dinosaur from a land before time
I once walked this planet thinking all was fine.
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KJ Aartila
A writer of words in northern WI with a small family and a large menagerie.
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