Who gets emotional/
about getting let into/
the back workroom/
research center/
of a world-class/
paleontology museum?/
Every middle-aged man/
who was once a little boy/
making stegosauruses/
out of modeling clay,/
pinching the green or red putty/
to form its back plates,/
rolling finely-pointed tail spikes/
between his fingers.
Stegosaurus: BYU Paleontology Museum
Just another small/
example of “Oh look! Dave’s/
lost again. How cool!”
OR
Yet another fine/
example of “Oh, look! Dad’s/
lost again. Hooray!”
I’m not too old to/
get plates of food and a plate/
of Stegosaurus.
Stegosaurus: BYU Paleontology Museum
You know I don’t feel/
well when there’s free museums/
and food, but I’m home.
Since he didn’t know /
what was revealed to her, he/
wished she would tell him.
He learned, sadly, that/
black-fleeced rams are not welcome/
in her blue sandbox.
I again began/
to find stars in her eyes and/
the muse of her smile.
He thought it was true/
romance. Then he learned it was/
her and Demerol.
He wondered why he’d /
never had the chance to grasp/
her in a slow dance.
Lucky were the blessed/
few who were privileged to/
enjoy the live view.