T-Rex Mommy

T-Rex mommy, did you love your babies,

Or just leave them in their eggs?

Did you rock them in your tiny arms,

and kiss their little heads?

Did you pack them carnivorous lunches

in little iron pails,

Or pat their dino bottoms

and tell them "Go to Hell?"

Did you read them silly stories,

with funny dino rhymes,

Or warn them "Don't bother daddy,

When he stares with bloodshot eyes?"

T-Rex mommy, did you love your babies,

And sing them lullabies?

Did you hug them when they skinned their knees,

Or give them milkshakes and dragon fries?

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Did you go to teacher's conferences,

and teach them how to spell?

Did you make them home cooked meals,

Or hunt them in the veld?

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I like to think you loved them dearly

Just like we love our own.

I like to think you worried,

When they tarried coming home.

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Are those your genes I see,

When father cardinal whistles sharply

And his babies duck their heads,

Or when mother feeds them wiggly grubs and tucks them into bed?

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T-Rex mommy, did you love your babies,

Or just leave them in their eggs?

Did you rock them in your tiny arms,

and kiss their little heads?