Pteranodon - Douglas Livingstone

A seven year old herd boy,ragged happy and vacant,sits alone playing the stonegame,his back to the fivethin healthy head grazing.

Across the valleythe distant warts of hutssquat on the wrist of the hill.

A seven year old herd boy,ragged happy and vacant,sits alone playing the stonegame,his back to the fivethin healthy head grazing.

Across the valleythe distant warts of hutssquat on the wrist of the hill.

Long believed extinctthere was no onebut the walleyedstampeding clot of cattleto see the two dozenfeet of dusty leatherwingspread, hear the wetcrush of long toothed jaws closing,the snap of vertebrae,and nothing, nothing at allthe flight awaywith the broken rabbit boyone limb slow waving.

PTERANODONDOUGLAS LIVINGSTONE

PTERANODON“ptera-”: Gk for “wing”“-odon”: Gk for “animal with teeth”

Subspecies of the Pterodactyl – flying lizard

A seven year old herd boy,ragged happy and vacant,sits alone playing the stonegame,his back to the fivethin healthy head grazing.

tattered clothingthreadbareshabby

OXYMORON

unoccupiedempty, blank

expressionlessunresponsive

Collective nounHead of cattle

Across the valleythe distant warts of hutssquat on the wrist of the hill.

METAPHOR?PERSONIFICATION?Herd boy’s isolation and vulnerability is highlighted

“sits alone playing the stonegame”

Long believed extinctthere was no onebut the walleyedstampeding clot of cattleto see the two dozenfeet of dusty leatherwingspread,

Metaphor – new collective noun

hear the wetcrush of long toothed jaws closing,the snap of vertebrae,and nothing, nothing at allthe flight awaywith the broken rabbit boyone limb slow waving.

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