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Free verse № 24440

The Bomb

Member since 2002 · Posted 9 Nov 2002 · 14 comments

(10.6.86) Under layers and layers of tissue Wrung together by evolution Lie my grey cells, activated and ticking At the slightest metabolic signal Ready to explode.

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14 comments

[8] INTRANSIT 9-Nov-02/1:53 PM Reply
This is pretty good. I hope your "grey cells" aren't cancerous or infectious or anything.
[n/a] anitawit › INTRANSIT 10-Nov-02/11:46 AM Reply
Thanks.
They aren't 'cancerous' or 'infectious' (at least not yet), can't vouch for the 'anything'.
[7] <~> 9-Nov-02/2:36 PM Reply
and then...?
[n/a] anitawit › <~> 10-Nov-02/11:48 AM Reply
Still ticking...
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 22-Nov-02/9:56 AM Reply
It is a sin to believe in evolution.
[n/a] anitawit › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 22-Nov-02/11:28 AM Reply
I am no christian...
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › anitawit 22-Nov-02/12:04 PM Reply
I beg your pardon... ? It is a sin not to be a christian
[n/a] anitawit › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 22-Nov-02/12:20 PM Reply
Well, what can I say to that? For you- there are more sinners in this world than you had reckoned for.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › anitawit 22-Nov-02/12:31 PM Reply
All men are sinners
[n/a] anitawit › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 22-Nov-02/12:34 PM Reply
Amen
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › anitawit 22-Nov-02/12:47 PM Reply
Gentlemen aren't sinners because Gentlemen are christians.
[n/a] anitawit › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 24-Nov-02/10:53 AM Reply
Gentlemen aren't men
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › anitawit 26-Nov-02/2:05 PM Reply
are
[n/a] anitawit › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 27-Nov-02/10:44 AM Reply
Gentlemen are.