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NO SPRING CHICKEN

I was already getting old
the year they first made dirt
and on that day so clear and cold
some of it soiled my clean shirt.

So I saddled up my dinosaur
to go down to the new formed river
where a dry ravine was before.
The icy water made me shiver.

The first crow egg had just hatched out
( yep the egg came before the crow)
and the first red wood was a mere sprout
it had just begun to grow.

The ocean water had no salt
'cause it was pure sans dino piss *note below
the earth was smooth without a fault
although I'd not swear to this.

I watched the whales learn how to swim
basked in polar sun ere it turned cold
Ozymandias ? Yes I knew him.
I reckon that I'm getting old.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: *note. This line is in reference to my poem "a Taste of Salt"

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: South Carolina, United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Frost, Burns, Longfellow, Poe, and Johnson. I guess you've noticed these are all past masters. Other than folks on site I don't read any contemporary poets .

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scribbler

3 years 3 months ago

HiCat

It takes some humor to deal with age

Geezer

Geezer

3 years 3 months ago

Hey...

I remember you! You lived down the road from me and we went to school together! I was the one who dipped little Wilma's pigtails in the dinosaur shit. LoL This was lots of fun! Had a great laugh! ~ Geez.
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scribbler

3 years 3 months ago

Hi Geeze

yeah the continents were drifting so fast that walking to school was up hill both ways.

Ray Whitaker

Ray Whitaker

3 years 3 months ago

Lovely!

made me smile. Another piece from you that is so well done, Sir!

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scribbler

3 years 3 months ago

Hi Ray

Thanks for taking the time to read

lovedly

lovedly

3 years 3 months ago

you stan speak of humour

reading your comments made me laugh and what a price had i to pay guess two implants fell broken i am doing nothing as of now except till two more are broke meaning i'm broke ha ha

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scribbler

3 years 3 months ago

lol

they can break our bank accounts and our boys but they can't break our spirit lol