The Crockosaurus

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They handed out the crayons To each of us first-graders Then the teacher passed between us And gave each a piece of paper "Put aside your problems," she said "Feet flat on the floor We're going to have fun now And draw a dinosaur!" So, I quickly grabbed the crayon And I drew his big green eyes The purple on his earlobes His polka-dotted thighs The pink and orange spikes That ran all down his tail And as I colored in his toes The teacher turned quite pale "The colors are all wrong," she said "That isn't how they look" Then she held up some gray monster That she'd found in a book '"If you wouldn't draw so fast," she said "You might learn a lot from science" She really didn't want my art Her interest was compliance Well, I finished up his toenails And I drew in his moustache And I decked him out in pinstripes And, yes, I flunked the class But that teacher is extinct now And the scientists are dead And I still have my Crockosaurus He's dancing in my head