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MATRIX by Matt Bialer

No chance
 
I had no chance
Against Mosasaurus
 
The monster
Of grief
 
Extinct
 
Not even a tooth
 
When I was kid
Dinosaurs were reptiles
The word itself meant
“Terrible Lizard”
I had a favorite
Named Brontosaurus
That doesn’t exist anymore
 
Doesn’t exist
 
It got renamed
Or was actually 
Two different dinosaurs
That were no longer lizards
But birds
 
Discontinued
Like New Coke
 
I used to play
With toy T-Rexes
And Brontosauruses
 
And Pluto 
Is not a planet anymore
 
So I’m resting up
Because turning 60
Makes me feel
Like a dinosaur
 
A dinosaur
 
A footprint across time

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 
Matt Bialer is the author of dozens of poetry books, including VIEW-MASTER LAND (Finishing Line Press, 2023), MAZE(Finishing Line Press, 2021), and ALWAYS SAY GOODNIGHT (KYSO Flash, 2020).  His poems have also appeared in many print and online journals, including Retort, Le Zaporogue, Green Mountains Review, Gobbet, Forklift Ohio, and H_NGM_N.  In addition, Matt is an acclaimed black-and-white street photographer who has exhibited his work widely.  Some of his images are in the permanent collections of The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of the City of New York, and The New York Public Library.  He is also an accomplished watercolor landscape painter with works in many private collections.
Publication Date: October 2, 2023
Paperback:  $18.00
Publisher: ‎ Saint Julian Press, Inc.
Language: ‎ English
Paperback:  88 pages
ISBN-13:  978-1-955194-19-8
 
For an advance copy, contact: Ron Starbuck or Max Bialer.
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