Archaeopteryx, elegantly flies,

O'er the sulfuric prehistoric land,

Glides like ichthyosaurus in the skies,

Respect of kingdom air does it demand.

Radiant feathers point to a long tail,

While it gnashes its teeth, projects its cry;

Millions of years have forgotten its wail,

Deep in the Jurassic world so long gone by.

Ancestor of Birds, a link in the chain,

Proof living dinosaurs changed with the times,

Gone from the living the bones still remain,

Preserved for new study in stone of limes.

See how the creatures of past worlds took flight,

And whisper in awe at their awesome might.

Jurassic Park created an icon

But also crafted a lie

This animal was much smaller

With feathers but cannot fly

It flocked with a pack

In the Mongolian sand

Watch out for its attack

When you cross its land

The killing claw is its most powerful tool

To battle with it makes one a fool

You can't out run it for swift thief is its name

A name that will live long in dino fame

From out my window

I see the city that never sleeps

Dip n dot people like ants line the streets

Wowed by the sky scraper windows

Whose prisms seem to tickle the sky

My imagination remains stagnant

So I turn to the bones of a time gone by

The live architecture

Walking on prehistoric land

I think of the lovely bones

Sculpt the image with the clay in my hand

Modeling it affectionately

First the neck

Steely cedar

Trunk reaching sky

An animal with the grace of a harp

But a size to petrify!