Triceratops
Let go of this obsession with bones, they say. How
can one look away from the shadow cage of ribs,
or the frill like a dark sunset, the negative of it
walking alongside, two beasts lumbering forward
or backward, all motion in the absence of motion,
in the absence of life, of muscles and skin, history,
all of it, ever, told in what is left, black and white.
About the Author: J.D. Isip’s collections include Reluctant Prophets (Moon Tide Press, 2025), Kissing the Wound (Moon Tide Press, 2023), and Pocketing Feathers (Sadie Girl Press, 2015). He is the editor for the upcoming anthology, American Pop Culture Almanac: 1776-2026 (Moon Tide Press, 2026). J.D. teaches in South Texas where he lives with his dogs, Ivy and Bucky.
Image Credit: Public domain image originally from “Guia de les installacions i serveis a cárrec de la Junta” Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
As It Ought To Be 
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