Monday, February 28, 2022

D, N and A


I’d like to track my DNA,

To me, it’d be a hit,

My tiny little sample

Could tell me quite a bit.

 

Like—who am I descended from,

And from whence I came,

 A little ‘bout my ancestors,

And something of my name.

 

I’m not sure how it works, it’s true,

A scientist, I’m not,

But ‘genotyping’ is the path

To tell me what I’ve got.

 

But there’s a little squiggle,

A tiny little hit,

To access all this ‘Science’,

Would cost a little bit.

 

I’ve really not the assets,

To pay that mighty sum,

So I’ve come up with something else

To get the matter done.

 

I tried a little trickery,

(Not as nasty as it sounds)

I said I won the lottery…

Now relatives abound!


P.S. Husby wants to know 

We talkin’ Canada? USA?

Will US folks say DN-huh?

While we say DN-eh?!

Photo Credit: Karen of bakinginatornado.com
Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So KarenCharlotteMimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week for 'Say Hello' Day
With TELEPHONES, we'll have our say!

Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?
We'd love to welcome you!
Topics for the next few weeks (with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

DNA (February 28) Today!

Telephone (or Say Hello Day) (March 7) 

Genius Day (March 14) 
Celebrating Poetry (March 21) 
Respect Your Cat Day (March 28) (Richard II's 1384 edict forbidding eating them.)
Imperfection (April 4)

Pets (April 11)

Juggling (April 18)

Brothers (April 25)

Babies (May 2)

Music (May 9)

Purple for Peace (May 16)

Turtles (May 23)

Memorial Day (May 30)

8 comments:

  1. I loved the cartoon and the poem of course I always do!

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  2. When we tracked my DNA I discovered nothing surprising. My roots are all German. But my soul is mine and if I had the choice, I would be British!!

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  3. I love poetry Monday. Such a nice way to start the week.

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  4. Yes a DNA test would be fun - I suppose we're most of us a glorious get-together ;) I loved your poem and the comics is hilarious.

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  5. I love the cartoon. I haven't done a DNA test - as much as I am curious, I'm also concerned about privacy. With outfits like Ancestry, you do not own the rights to your DNA. Test results could end up....anywhere.

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  6. Nice poem. My DNA showed me to be 40% Swedish and 1% Norwegian, so now I tell people I am a Viking.

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