A while ago, while staring at the ceiling during a dull biology lecture, I started wondering if it would be possible to write a poem on the subject of DNA, in which each word began with one of the four genetic letters. Here is the result...
A Tribute To Genes
Through all their
triumphs,
trials
and
tribulations,
Great
ancestors
constructed
towers
tall,
The arches
twisting
through
the
generations,
The
corridors
a
cord
connecting
all
Thy
copious
and
colourful
creations,
A
testament
to
chemistry
and
chance,
Attempting through their countless combinations
To
aid
thy
global
conquering advance.
Alas,
the
anguish
that
thou
canst
awaken
As
ageing
turrets
crumble,
creak
and
crash!
Gifts,
gladly
given,
cruelly
then
are
taken,
Those
trunks
are
chopped
to
charcoal,
ash
to
ash,
And
thus
thy
anxious,
grieving
children
come
To
cut
the
cables,
tear
away
the
chains:
Thou
art
a
tightened
thread
around
their
thumbs,
Thy
conquest
through
technology their aim.