Apr 17, 2009

NaPoWriMo #17

Dinosaurs and Oreos

The brontosaurus and pterodactyl don’t often make it to the grocery store.
Last time they went to Safeway they made a huge mess.
Bronto told Ptero that he really needed Oreos and milk,
because he was tired of eating Fichus trees and giant ferns.

What’s the big deal anyway?
So Bronto got sick of the salad bar.
Ptero could deal with the Oreos and milk, she got it,
variety is the spice of life, etc.
What worried her is what came next.
She’d seen this before, with other herbivores.

First it started with the junk food,
under the guise of salad exhaustion.
Next it was the lunch meat, some turkey and ham.
Then they moved on to burgers from In-N-Out,
before you knew it, it was whole sides of beef, from Harris Ranch.
It was a slippery slope that quickly led to carnivorous behavior.
Maybe Bronto was stronger than Rex and Stego,
Ptero hoped she was wrong,
she would humor Bronto as he crashed
through the front of Safeway for his Oreos.

April 17, 2009

6 comments:

sarah said...

Lol! :-):-)

Bsquared86 said...

This was very clever and cute! Thank you for sharing!

rob kistner said...

I am still smiling – most enjoyable… ;)
…rob

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Wayne Pitchko said...

this is gooooooood....and funny also

Anonymous said...

Oh my GOODNESS! This is hilarious. I LOVE it.

http://lori102870.blogspot.com/2009/04/had-it-been-snake-it-wouldve-bitten.html

Anonymous said...

I love this! (she says as she finishes off that package of oreos--oh dear, did I really eat them all?)