I have a wedding ring made out of dinosaur bone, and on my wedding night it became a Triceratops and spoke
John
I come from a time before flowers
And you are borrowing your wife from the Earth
I was alive and knew three men just like you
Only they had horns
And knew the value of low lying vegetation
You may know something they didn’t
But I doubt it
You gave me a name in Latin
My mother gave me a mountain for a tombstone
I am a child of the dirt
You are the youngest son of a lawyer
Your wife has borrowed you from an asteroid and she knows it
It is coming back
I am dead and filled with a little bit of moon dust
But once was alive and fought kings
I died and was filled with that moon dust
But first I had the decency to teach my kids how to grow feathers and fly
Fucking keep up
∞
John McDonough is a New England transplant living in Dickinson, North Dakota with his wife, two dogs, and lizard: John Jr. He enjoys fossil hunting, smoking cigars, and playing disk golf. His poetic inspirations include Sid Vicious, Roberto Clemente, and CM Punk.
