DNA
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She was patchwork
She was
counterfeit
plagiarized
poly cotton
implanted id
She was volatility merged with chaos
She’s why
neither borrower nor lender should humans be
She was gourmet blended DNA
She was
germinated
grafted
harvested
discarded
She was manufactured mammal no one had a taste for
She’s why
neither borrower nor lender should humans be
She was hope in a hopeless form
She was
too animal to be human
too busy clawing her way into her humanity to care
too human to let our disapproval matter
too full of life to die
She will test our humanity through her existence
She’s why
neither borrower nor lender should humans be
~Nara
This post was written in response to this week’s Carry On Tuesday prompt. Go here to see what others have written or to join in the fun yourself.
22 Comments
naramalone
That's a sensible view, Alice. It's the grafting human neurons into animal brains that really worries me.
naramalone
Thanks, kez. Wish I could guess what will come out of all this research.
naramalone
Smile, nice play on words, Laurie.
naramalone
Interesting way to look at it. I hadn't thought about how much we have in common. My biggest concern is that these designer creatures will be like us without the rights and protections we have.
naramalone
Thanks for the book rec, Mike. I haven't read Patterson, but I see his name everywhere. I'll try this one.
naramalone
Thanks for the encouragement, Siubhan.
naramalone
Thanks, David. It disturbs me too 🙂
naramalone
Thanks Pat. I wish this was just science fiction.
naramalone
Thanks for stopping by, Andy. I look forward to reading your work.
naramalone
Spooky how we can think on parallel lines. Loved yours.
naramalone
Thanks, Brian. Love the new site.
Alice Audrey
If I can borrow a solution to diabetes from a lizard, I'm all for it. It's the superficialities that have to be watched out for.
kez
really great poem and fantastic concept …great take I believe, in if or when science for the sake of human vanity goes too far . Loved it ….thank you
Laurie Kolp
Quite the killer bee is she, I can tell. Captivating piece!
Belinda
I absolutely loved this, Nara! And in many ways, there is a little bit of each of us in her and a whole lot of her in each of us. Now if only we could all embrace our multi-facetedness…
Mike Patrick
A great think piece. We have to wonder where we are headed. Patterson's new book "Toys" is a spinoff of this same topic. It's an interesting read too.
siubhan
Some really great wordplay here! I like a lot of the same lines others here have mentioned: "gourmet blended DNA…", "clawing her way into humanity…"…. Nice write!
David
Mysterious and a bit disturbing. Very provocative poem — I like it!
Pat Hatt
"She was gourmet blended dna" wonderful line there. Also completely agree with the last line. Great poem!
Daydreamertoo
Wow… you and I must be on the same wavelength at times. I too, mentioned DNA in my entry today, how about that!
She's just a devil woman …lol
This is fabulous.
Andy
WoW! This is powerful!
Fantastic imagery.
Nice to meet you for the opening of dVerse
brian
too busy clawing her way into her humanity to care…snap…this has a strong voice nara…well spun…