CHANGE OF LIFE

by Virginia

Authors Note: This poem was written in the middle of the night 5 years ago shortly after I made my change to full time status. It got set aside, found, cor- rected and polished and then mislaid among many other papers on my desk till it came to the top a few months ago. I added the Epilog and publish it now for your consideration. Personally, I am rather proud of it as it manages to tell my story rather well and in rhyme at that....Virginia.

From the unplumbed depths of Nature

We all seem to hear a call For there's a little bit of rabbit That resides within us all.

So an egg and sperm were mated And the process, once begun Took its long, slow, 9-month course Till at last there came-a son!

Who know how genes are activated Or how chromosomes combine? All potentials for our future lives In these mysteries are enshrined.

What parts of what a person is

Are set forth conception day, And what parts does he acquire As he travels down lifes way?

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