by Dan Campion

“What Did Jurassic Forests Sound Like? Like This. Scientists spent over a decade reconstructing the calls of nine species of ancient insects to create the first accurate Jurassic soundscape.
—The New York Times

Plus ça change, I have to say.
Those ancient crickets sound
Just like the ones I hear today,
Which make my eardrums pound.
The next time I walk in the park
And hear a katydid,
I’ll shut my eyes and in the dark
Swat like irked dinos did.