It was a mild March day when we first laid eyes
on a three-horned dinosaur about this size.
He had turret eyes and a prehensile tail.
Mark and I freed him from his pet-shop jail.
He was easy to love, the antics he’d play,
Leaping from a hanging plant and touring by day
the realms of our house from floor to ceiling
as his memories grew, as his skin was peeling.
He was a pretty one, our little green guy,
and that's why it was hard to say goodbye.
After months of joy Dino went away.
The tears flowed for hours, and let me say
The sun lies ahead and that's where he went
because Dino's time had been spent.
We love you, little green guy, we miss you so
and we'll see you again where the good spirits go.
(*Our 7-month-old pet died on Halloween 1992.)
on a three-horned dinosaur about this size.
He had turret eyes and a prehensile tail.
Mark and I freed him from his pet-shop jail.
He was easy to love, the antics he’d play,
Leaping from a hanging plant and touring by day
the realms of our house from floor to ceiling
as his memories grew, as his skin was peeling.
He was a pretty one, our little green guy,
and that's why it was hard to say goodbye.
After months of joy Dino went away.
The tears flowed for hours, and let me say
The sun lies ahead and that's where he went
because Dino's time had been spent.
We love you, little green guy, we miss you so
and we'll see you again where the good spirits go.
(*Our 7-month-old pet died on Halloween 1992.)
