Body Code Switch (Written Verse + Audio)
A poem about genetics, illness & wellness, and a body inhabited by a conflicting inheritance.
My body is a [DNA] code switcher/fits in and out of the genes it inherited/stands double-diseased and withered like my mama did/stands with persistent stamina like my father does/walks the tightrope between graveyard and graveyard shift/languish and labor/doctor visits and strolls across state lines…
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