What’s the odds? (IP)
By Rhiannonw
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Was it really by some luck
from a mixed and murky muck
of chemical soup,
that these sequences specific
of multiple atomic
precise, complex arrangements
somehow stuck?
able to initiate
molecular constructions
which twisted and consisted
in contortions,
that protected, and reacted
usefully
for energy production,
survival, respiration,
with nanosized machinery
to preserve, repair
from the wear and tear
on polymers delicate and intricate – ?
It must have been
an infinite string
of unlikely and co-incident,
colossal and incredible
chances,
strokes of luck improbable
again, again, again, again … … … ?
Or a genius skill
and supernatural will
with power to combine
what would otherwise decline,
imagined and designed,
and could gather, build and bind
bring together
all at once
this awesome architecture,
of the structure and the business
of the chemistry
of life?
[IP: Some Luck]
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Comments
Some potent performance
Some potent performance qualities here, Rhiannon. Tongue twisting. A sharp take on the IP.
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I like the use of scientific
I like the use of scientific language and the inriguing question that runs through it. Clever and thought-provoking.
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Hi Rhiannon
Hi Rhiannon
Another challenging and clever poem. The way you wrote it looks kind of like a DNA strand. My husband tried to convince Watson and whoever (forgot his name) that DNA could be a zipper type construction as well as the spiral, but they said their version was prettier.
Jean
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