Phylum Chordata, Class Agnatha.

Jawless fishes-Cambrian era,

Subclass Conodonta,

has the Promissum.

Family Ichthyostegidae,

First tetrapods.

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Lepospondylis, Order Aistopoda,

Snakelike body, like a gastropod-a.

And Infraclass Archosauromorpha, here we go:

Hyperodapedon, Protorsaurus, Tanystropheus,

Chasmatosaurus, Erythrosuchus, Ticinosuchus,

Rutiodon, Stagenolepididae

Desmatosuchus, Euparkeria, Ornithosuchus,

Lagosuchus, Longisquama

Oh, the song to get me through a Master’s class. It’s on repeat. Midwest landscape is what I’ve passed through. Neither hungry nor thirsty, bored nor entertained. Pleasantly, time has passed. Assuming Heaven passes the time like the Earth above, it’s been a few days or so.

Called out once. “Hey!” to a woman in an orange sundress so far away, my voice barely made it. She turned from me and ran. Or walked calmly away. It’s hard to tell when you’re so far away.

But far in front of me, the mountain comes into a view. Is it smoke or is it clouds atop it?

Oh, how I can’t wait to see a dinosaur.