Thursday, July 12, 2018

Carriers For Our Genes

Carriers For Our Genes
© Surazeus
2018 07 12

Cars glide through the vast maze of city streets.
Crowds of people on sidewalks push through doors.
Sunlight shimmers on the empty park bench.
We are much more than carriers for our genes.

Weeds sprout through small cracks in cement sidewalks.
People type words on computer keyboards.
Clouds glow in blue river that flows through town.
Our genes urge us to replicate ourselves.

Birds twitter in trees by rows of apartments.
Cats lounge in rays on dusty windowsills.
Children in classrooms write letters and numbers.
Gene coils first bloomed at hydrothermal vents.

Coyotes trot past the crowded school bus.
Senators ignore ringing telephones.
Baristas brew coffee in paper cups.
Our genes design how our body transforms.

Delivery trucks race from farms to factories.
People put food on shelves in grocery stores.
The homeless man wants spaghetti and wine.
Efficient bodies replicate more copies.

Sailboats glide swift on the sun-glittering bay.
Clerks analyze finances in spreadsheets.
Janitors clean toilet bowls and mop floors.
Different genes mix to create healthy bodies.

Boys pour wine for girls in silk lingerie.
Mechanics twist screws with the monkey wrench.
Programmers write lines of computer code.
Our memories are encoded in our genes.

The man climbs the mountain to touch the sky.
The woman scuba dives to transcend death.
The child watches people in church sing hymns.
We are nothing more than carriers for genes.

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