Camel DNA

Riffs on a sentence from Richard Dawkins (UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW)



Camel Dna



　
　
Camel DNA has been shaped by the desert
As Starfish genes are carved by waves
Sequenced by sand and salt
　
Camel DNA tells the ancestral story
blowing in the mindless tunnels
of this ruminant quadruped
　
Camel DNA speaks in a syntax
sculpted by survival
"Desert" is written in the genes of these Biblical beasts
　
Camel DNA sings of arid climates
just as Dolphin DNA chants of the sea--
Eagle DNA describes ancient azure
While crickets’ Digital Nada Ascends into heaven:

Goes in one ear of God
& out the other