Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Dinosaur Bone. I collected a piece of a dinosaur bone while in Wyoming. I am quite sure it was part of a large creature's leg. One could see the small pocking of tiny cells. There were no rings, so surely not petrified wood. Small riverlets of blue wended their way across the surface-- Certainly indicating the remnant from a once living animal. How haunting and mind-blowing to be holding such a rock; A part of a former being, dating back many scores of centuries. Just holding it, put my own existence into exact perspective; Truly, I have existed for only a speck of time During our wondrous earth's geologic history. Frank Maurer 15 January 2023 1130 AM.