Poetry from October 1991

The poem was inspired by a project from The Big Beast Book: Dinosaurs and How They Got That Way.

The project (if memory serves, as we no longer have the book) was to make geologic strata using Jell-o, graham crackers, marshmallows? and other geologic artifacts.  I think variously colored Jell-o mixes were poured over each other to indicate the various strata, and the 'artifacts' (graham crackers and so on) were added to each layer.  Each layer was chilled before another layer was added.

After the project, the geologic strata were eaten.

The outdoor timeline from a few weeks earlier was another project from The Big Beast Book.