Chaelio Thomas
Chaelio Thomas is a writer from Dublin, Ireland who teaches at second level and enjoys vintage fashion. She has been published on Headstuff.org, The Honest Ulsterman, Visual Verse and was featured in the Queer Amnesty Ireland Art show. She writes poetry, short stories, radio plays and tweets @Jenanifur.
T. rex on a treadmill
T. rex on a treadmill
Little flappy arms flailing
Mighty knees pounding the
Conveyor belt
Has to call Stego in
To stop the machine
But Stego gets caught
In the door jamb
All Diplodocus does is watch
Through the window with
A Cletus guffaw and who
Could blame peanut brain?
Maybe T should focus
On his core, delts etc?
His tree trunk legs are
Legendary, but those abs
Disappeared once the raptors
Ran his errands and he started
On the beer.
Archaeopteryx is at the therapist
Again feeling like she doesn’t fit in
Triceratops is there too
As he doesn’t have three only two
Brontosaurus keeps the peace
He’s the one who bought the treadmill
And cheers up T with videos of kids
In inflatable effigies running through
Grass or on trampolines with laughing
Fathers – little flappy arms flailing
CBT Train
Home Away
