T-Rex: Okay, so I've been down on poems in the past. I MAY have have been heard to remark "Guys, poetry bloetries." But I've just discovered:

T-Rex: Poems likely predate the written word!

T-Rex: It makes sense when you think about it. Before writing, the only way to keep track of something is to memorize it! And if you're memorizing something in POEM form, then you can automatically incorporate structure to the language: say, rhyming couplets. And that structure gives you something to jog your memory if you forget! The result is that structured narrative poetry can be much easier to remember than just free verse.

Utahraptor: So poems could be among the earliest, most practical forms of communication!
T-Rex: Yes!

T-Rex: And this is why I feel bad! I didn't know that I was making fun of one of the Elder Gods of language! I thought I was making fun of "The smelly dog who pooed / Has spied me in the nude".
Utahraptor: So now more respect for poetry?
T-Rex: I promise it!!
Narrator: THE END

Narrator: BONUS PANEL: THE COMPLETE TEXT OF "THE SMELLY DOG WHO POOED"!
T-Rex: The smelly dog who pooed / Has spied me in the nude / I say to him "Hark! Who goes?"
T-Rex: I think the smell comes out his nose