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HINDSIGHT
Fossil Fuels
by Sophie Kvaratskhelia

art by ADLER SHANNON
I wonder
How many dinosaurs I have set aflame
In my internal combustion engine
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Apex predators
Massive, roaring beasts
Claimed the land as their own
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Each heavy footfall a declaration
Of supremacy,
Of reptilian prowess.
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Ha.
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My gas-guzzling monster eats the glorified chickens for breakfast
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Gasping with power
It demands Earth plowed and paved
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Cement and gravel taking shape
Of the emperor’s new throne.
SOPHIE KVARATSKHELIA is an undergraduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder studying Molecular Biology, Environmental Studies, and Spanish. They are passionate about connection with human and non-human beings through dance, visual art, comedy, and poetry.
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