Monstrous Lizards
It is 1979, and there are two Jasons.
Both want to be paleontologists,
so they become friends.
Oh, how they love dinosaurs.
Long names, cool illustrations.
You could stand up in front of the class
and talk about a T-Rex,
even when you were a kid
who the other kids
usually didn’t listen to.
Here’s a photo of them
in the local paper,
standing against the blackboard,
pointing to a long tail and a big set of teeth.
They both have giant glasses
and unfortunate hair.
They don’t know it, but in 14 years,
everybody will love dinosaurs,
at least for a while.
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11 August 2023
Charlottesville VA
This is poem 21 in a series called 50 Days Till 50 Years. I’m writing a poem a day between now and my 50th birthday. I’m going to try to focus on memories of my past, and the people who inhabited it.
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