Saturday's Poem

I am involved in a writing group in which we share poems, essays, and other occasional things we write for the purpose of improving our writing skills. Sometimes we share whimsical writing to insure that we keep humor alive and well in our group. After reading several articles about DNA, and some of the new discoveries about "Junk DNA" Margi Goetz wrote the following poem.

Swim in my Gene Pool

Come and swim in my gene pool--
it's usually fun.
Blond hair, blue eyes,
and skin that gets crisp when

out too long in the sun.
I'm not saying my genes
are better than yours,
we know it's all junk anyway.

It we could take off our genes
and be just you and me
maybe all of that stuff
wouldn't get in our way and

you could swim in my gene pool--
the water's just fine.
And when we get tired of
splashing around,

we'll put on our genes
and share cheese and wine--
there are no cholesterol problems
in my gene pool!