The is the only poem I've ever written, though I'm not sure it qualifies as a poem. Whatever it is, the piece started out (in a different form) as a prologue to a story I was writing but soon put on the back burner. AlienGirl's superb "Parrot Understood as Therapod" made me remember my piece, because they both allude to paleontology.
Indricotherium, Unearthed
The beast had not known the light of stars for countless nights;
Nor would it on this night.
The searing winds had come at dusk,
Sweeping from the desert through the canyon of the Khash,
Where they freed the ancient bones,
Then dwindled into stillness.
The moon hung heavy now in quiet dust.
The sky was filled with lightless stars.
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