Three Dinosaurs in My Shower

This morning I discovered three dinosaurs in my shower.
I went to step in and there they were.
I couldn't help but notice that one was a triceratops,
one was a brontosaurus, and one
was a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
And I thought to myself
"If three different species of dinosaurs can learn to get along
well enough to shower together, then certainly the three races
of mankind
should be able to get along.
But maybe the dinosaurs were just clowning around
and gave themselves names like "Moe, Larry, and Curley"
and were trying to make me laugh by surprising me
so early in the morning.
Or maybe they were all banding together
and plotting against me like Caesar's senators
or maybe more like the Three Musketeers.
"One for all, all for one"-ing their brains out.
Or perhaps they were trying to disguise themselves as
Huey, Dewey, and Louie, or maybe
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
since the Triceratops looked somewhat like David Crosby
and did have something on it's back.
They in no way looked even remotely like the Holy Trinity
so that was out.
But maybe in a bigger sense,
on a broader scale, they were attempting to be a metaphor
for world peace -
one representing the United States, one representing Russia,
and one representing China.

But chances are none of this occurred to my six year old
who left them there from his bath last night.
He can be so silly sometimes.


©Lyle Fales 2006