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The Great Tyrannosaurus:
A Fossiliferous Fable
The Great Tyrannosaurus
Lived centuries ago;
Through marshes wet and porous
He rambled to and fro.
The most tremendous Lizard
That ever browsed on meat,
His length from A to Izzard
Was forty-seven feet.
The Great Tyrannosaurus
In habitude was not
What one would call decorous --
He ate an awful lot.
Lamellibranchs in sixes,
Iguanodons to spare
And Archaeopteryxes
Comprised his bill of fare.
The Great Tyrannosaurus
Of all the world was king;
With trumpetings sonorous
He swallowed everything.
When everything was swallowed
Beneath the azure sky,
What naturally followed? --
The Creature had to die.
The Great Tyrannosaurus,
That was so blithe and free,
Hath passed away before us;
Then learn from him and me:
This earth can never nourish
An appetite like his;
So, if you hope to flourish,
Don't gobble all there is!
- From The Mirthful Lyre
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Comments
that's certainly something. Better than my own little rex romantisation: http://megalania1859.deviantart.com/art/In-the-Hall-of-the-King-46727839
Posted by: Doog | October 7, 2008 6:38 PM
I was always a fan of the poem by Jack Prelutsky:
"Tyrannosaurus was a beast,
he had no friends, to say the least.
He ruled the ancient out-of-doors
and slaughtered other Dinosaurs."
http://www.amazon.com/Tyrannosaurus-Was-Beast-Jack-Prelutsky/dp/0688115691
Posted by: Michael Stearns | October 7, 2008 7:36 PM
Hmmm... it would certainly take a lot of lamellibranchs to feed a Tyrannosaurus.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor | October 7, 2008 9:26 PM