I heard a rumbling late one night,

It sounded loud and clear.

It made me shiver deep inside,

But not with fright or fear.

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I mused about the sound it made,

For what could make that roar?

Perhaps skyscraper’s collapse,

Cannon’s blast! Viking ships galore!

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I thought of all the thrilling ways

A cannon might be shot,

But maybe it wasn’t that at all-

A volcano, glowing hot?

–

That mountain, threatening to explode

Upon our very heads!

The boom of a monstrous T-Rex

As he not-so-gently treads.

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Aliens from outer space

Striking at our earth!

A vengeful dragon’s assault!

The breaking of a curse?

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An earthquake ready to destroy,

The forging of a shadow?

Or perhaps the Great Bear was shot

By Orion’s deadly arrow!

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I thought of all the wondrous things

That could have made the sound,

My mind searched every corner,

For the reason to be found. 

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Anything could happen,

Anything to me.

So every possibility

Was possible to see.