I am my flesh
I am not yours
From the first cell
To the billionth

I am the first beat
Ahead of politics
I am the first grasp
That you've forgotten
And denied

I am my blood
I am not yours
From the first beat
To the second

I am the first touch
The 5+5+5+5
I am the dream of the barren
That you'll never know
Of the sterilized
That Sanger spat upon

I am my bones
I am not yours
From the first
To the 206th

I am the first sacrifice
On the altar of Molech
I am the first lost child
In the ovens of Dachau
I am the strangest fruit

I am my flesh
I am not yours
From the first cell
To the billionth

© 2000 Bruce V. Bracken