By: Christine Kulyk
When
something
big
from
outer
space
Collides
with
Earth,
it
leaves
a
trace--
Supreme
celestial
punctuation
Carving
out
an
indentation
To
scar
the
planet's
face.
The
years
that
pass
with
stately
pace
May
steadily
obscure
the
trace
Of
crater
outlines
and
location,
And
so
obstruct
investigation
With
forces
that
efface.
Still,
deep
within
the
Earth's
embrace,
Some
evidence,
yet
unerased,
May
yield
to
patient
exploration--
And
traces
of
this
transformation
At
last
fall
into
place.
A lecture - "You will at once perceive," continued Professor Ichthyosaurus, "that the skull before us belongs to some lower order of animals; the teeth are very insignificant, the power of the jaws trifling, and all together it seems wonderful how the creature could have procured food."