Happy Birthday, T.Rex Sue Poem by Richard Wlodarski

Happy Birthday, Tyrannosaurus rex
Hendrickson found you two decades ago
And you're 65 million years old
Wow...what's your secret to such young age!

Discoverer deserves to name you Sue
After all, she was sitting on your bones
Three huge ones near Faith, South Dakota
And she had really gone out on a cliff

You were extremely well-preserved
The whole 90 percent of you
Ten percent is yet to be found
Not to worry, she's into bones

You, dinosaur are worth millions
Eight point three six, to be exact
McDonald's and Disney bought you
At Sotheby's in grand New York

You're proudly on display in Chicago
Forty-two feet high from your head to toes
Your impressive 2000-pound skull
And 58 of your pearly whites

You're the first to be found with a wishbone
And that's such a crucial discovery
It provides support for scientists:
Birds are a type of living dinosaur