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Patrick John Kiernan
Poems
May 2019
fraying
have you ever rubbed a piece of chalk on the asphalt
shading some beautiful image
only to be washed away in next tuesday’s rain?
have you noticed how the chalk disappears under your fingers?
imagine the ends of your dna
(it’s a leap, but picture it)
a protective coating
like the aglets of your shoelaces
guarding the fragile building blocks of you
and once those telomeres break down
your dna frays
like so much loose cloth
and your fragile little human copy machine
makes bad copies
that is how we age
beautifully
gracefully
like chalk being rubbed smooth on the sidewalk
only to be washed away
in tuesday’s rain
#dna
#fraying
#age
#humanity
#human
#life
#beauty
Written by
Patrick John Kiernan
Cleveland, OH
(Cleveland, OH)
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