Joseph Lisowski is a professor of English at Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He is the thrice published author of several mysteries.

CHAPTER SEVEN  DNA

“Tyrolean Ice Man
looks great for his age,”
proclaim headlines.
I should be so fit—
A mere molecule of heredity.
With better luck
it could have been me,
still stiff after 5,000 years,
ready to serve or service
at a nod or call.
It’s in my jeans.
I got to be in play.
If you don’t believe me,
check my DNA.

7.2  DNA REPLICATION

Twisted ladder, twisted sister—
unzip the blueprints,
duplicate, duplicate every day.
In this age of miracles and wonders,
linked genes is the key.
Think critically—cross over.
Prepare a map.
Avoid a trap.
Thinking of sex?
Y it’s Xcellent!
Family fun
for everyone.

7.4  SEX LINKAGE

Who cares?
Any pond in a storm, right?
The flies have it.
No lies.  Morgan’s experiments
were not a bluff.
Morgan the scientist, not
Morgan the pirate
who ruled Andros Island, Bahamas,
that easy family island
where all’s a cozy parlay
between red-eyed females, white-eyed males,
all blind as bats
(but that’s another study).
Just add hormones,
and everyone has fun.

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