For Sue: The T-Rex
John McDonough
What a Surprise said the fossil to the world
And it is
Surprising
To get pulled out of the ground like so many potatoes
This used to be an Ocean,
I swear
It did... but now it’s just Montana
And what a surprise to see a dinosaur
Said the world
In plain diction
Full of adolescence
We had forgotten that anything more was possible
Feature image via 'Art Collection - The Metropolitan Museum of Art'
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