Modern technology can reveal secrets of the DNA that forms us, sometimes yielding surprises.
My DNA Test Results Are Different Than My Brother’s
with bated breath i wait
for that package in the mail
my DNA test
am i baboon or snail?
did i descend
from neanderthals
or vikings once gathered
in great drinking halls
what percentage of genes
came from africa
(though go back far enough
and that’s all of us all)
what parts did i get
from my father or mother
and oh why oh why
is the test of my brother
so different from mine
what shadowy past
did my parents not mention
what die did they cast
to get us two children
we’re like night and day
but we won’t ever know
’cause our folks just won’t say…