Fit Enough?
A One-Word Haiku Interrupted by a parenthetical self-doubt
By Gerard DiLeoPublished 15 days ago • 1 min read
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Deoxyribo-
(Am-I-really-the-fittest)-
Nucleic acid
______
[Extra statutory words]
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Gerard DiLeo
Retired, not tired. In Life Phase II: Living and writing from a decommissioned church in Hull, MA. (Phase I was New Orleans and everything that entails. Hippocampus, behave!
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Comments (8)
Ha! This is great!
I always did love that word deoxyribonucleic, such a sexy word, rolling off one's tongue. Sorry, didn't mean to get naughty. Love it.
This haiku has just made my morning. Hats off!
Clever acrostiku, Gerald.
what the...did you...just...you did. This is just genius, Gerard! Just...yeah. hats off and round of applause.
No idea why this made me think of mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell hahahaha. Loved your Haiku!
Screw this three-word sheeeet - supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Son of a Crick-Watson, this is perfect!