DNA

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possibility
first breath blown
fragile flesh bellows
verbs contracted in a puckered face
a line of empty bell graphs
whispering potential
smiles of happy progenitors and a little
apprehension

dNa aNd
everything else
a child’s cruel laugh behind the school and
spelling bees
curved thoughts Vs words
the clockwork tick-tocks a fate
ranges of bell curves must
curve the belly’s appetites
or violence
               dried blood the mouth

Dna anD
this straight wall
world lines like
p   b   k   d
r   a   e   e
i   r   c   a
s   s   o   t
o   l   l   h
n   i   d   t o a curved
double helix
 
so metim
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