Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Dinosauria, We discusses elements of corruption and the human fate, as well as dystopian themes found in postmodern literature. The poem is different than most of Bukowski’s normal poetry as it discusses topics such as politics and the end of the world, which Bukowski does not really cover in his other works.

The title Dinosauria, We is very bizarre, as the poem does not mention anything about “dinosaurs”. But with constant mention of chaos, corruption, and the end of the world, perhaps the title suggests that the human race will have the same fate as the dinosaurs—extinction. Bukowski repeats variations of the phrase “Born like this” through various parts of the poem, which might suggest our fate was already predetermined, inherited by us from our predecessors.

Read by Tom O’Bedlam

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