Tales of the Petroglyphs - Part 1 (poem) by Patrick A Granfors on AuthorsDen

Tales of the Petroglyphs - Part 1
by Patrick A Granfors → (All Poetry by Patrick A Granfors)
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One man's view Photo:By Greg Gregory, used with permission

Oh to have time’s window To watch them draw their art Animals and symbols I don’t know where to start I am not an archeologist Not sure just what they drew But I’ll take a stab at it anyway To try and interpret them for you Overall the scene looks like A town viewed from the air With roads and parks and driveways Surveyed without much care I see a great big five legged dog Missing tail I don’t know why It has a big bright nose that matches What appears to be one big eye On his shoulders rests his burden A sun with planets numbering ten Representing our old solar system The way it existed way back then It looks like someone stole a planet I have no idea how or why Maybe the big bird off to the left Was sent as an alien spy The squarish box next to big bird Looks like a credit card receipt Is it possible that the some alien Was a real estate dead beat And maybe the Universal Bank Foreclosed on a soured deal Was our tenth planet repossessed At a price literally a steal The greed goes back for eons I think the artists got it right The only thing I can’t figure out Is how bankers sleep at night Copyright 2010 Patrick Granfors

Reviewed by Sylvia Corsini (Reader)

Reviewed on September 10, 2010

I see traffic.

Reviewed by Dayvid Graybill

Reviewed on September 4, 2010

Last week I was down in Picketwire Canyon reading petroglyphs! I love trying to figure out the lives of those who drew them. As for bankers, our society thrives on them.

Peace,
Dayvid

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on September 3, 2010

Cleverly creative.

On mattresses stuffed with our money.

Ron

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater

Reviewed on September 2, 2010

Bankers can sleep at night because they're all in bed with each other...as for art, a petroglyph was carved from reality and stood for something spiritual and sacred...photo is magnificent...spear chuckers of yesteryear would have skewered the rats and fed them to the dogs...

Love,
Sage

Reviewed by Peter Schlosser (Reader)

I think the tenth planet was Tiamat. It existed where the asteroid belt is today and was destroyed many eons ago.

Reviewed by Christine Tsen

Sweet! I did not know what petroglyphs were!
Enjoyed,
Christine

Reviewed by Annabel Sheila

Hmmm....could it be you got it right??? Neat interpretation, Patrick...

Anna

Reviewed by Morgan Merriweather

that was so good......

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

I've often sat and pondered these ancient rock petroglyphs up in the great northwood and in the southwest. Makes one realize man has always been searching for answers to many things.

Reviewed by Paul Berube

Imaginative and well done, Patrick.

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Reviewed on September 1, 2010

You certainly are in deep thought, allowing the imagination to leave the box. I wonder how a few sleep, not just bankers, but insurance brokers too...

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman

Or maybe these animals and symbols are simply chalk drawings by a bunch of kids that got tired of jumping rope or shooting marbles.
Markie

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Clever, apt, timely, and very meaningful. Thank you, Patrick. Our bankers are not different from yours. Surprise! Surprise! LOL! Love and peace,

Regis