Dna by Meridian Zuriel

DNA

It gets on sheets
Clothes
Shoes
Seats
Pillows
Practically everything we touch
As if to leave a message
Saying:
We were here
(When we’re dead and gone)

One Elder said
The same sheets we once used
And washed with Tide
Will be used by someone else
The same shoes
Will be worn by someone else
The same seats
Will be occupied by someone else
The same pillows
Will be laid on by someone else
Until a
Mixture of DNA
From people of both the past and present
Is embedded within and on
Every fiber
Linen
Groove
Surface
And
Material

Bones can’t speak, but DNA can.
Thank God for forensics.

Meridian (162.83.119.62) -- Saturday, December 12 2009, 06:15 pm

Clarification
Bones are DNA, but the line: Bones can't speak, but DNA can...means, scientifically, that after a victim is no longer here to defend themselves, advanced technology, although proven to be defective in some cases, can uncover so many lies and close so many gaps. From watching Dominick Dunne's "Power, Privelege and Justice," for so long, it's amazing how forensic scientists resume a cold case file and link DNA to the right suspect and bring justice to a deceased victim.

Meridian (162.83.119.62) -- Saturday, December 12 2009, 06:18 pm

Excuse me
The above comment should've read: It's amazing how detectives resume a cold case file and work with forensic scientists to link DNA...

Colin (69.157.15.13) -- Saturday, December 12 2009, 06:27 pm

your work always....
your work always has the DNA of the finest writing... inquisitive, provocative and thoughtful!

Meridian (162.83.119.62) -- Sunday, December 13 2009, 12:34 am

Thanks Colin
Clarification 2.0

This poem can take on more than one meaning, perception and aspect. The last two lines, somehow, made me go off on a tangent and digress.

Taken a fancy to philosophy because it knows no bounds.

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