<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419340" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Genes</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My genes have just abandoned me<br>And taken off my son<br>To far exotic places<br>Looking for more fun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They never even warned me<br>Or said a last goodbye<br>They thought that they knew better<br>And o'er the sea did fly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It really came as quite a shock<br>This infidelity<br>But genes care not for feelings<br>Or nationality.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their loyalty is suspect<br>They are quite devoid of spines<br>To put it impolitely they're<br>Two-timing little swines.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I just assumed they'd stay here<br>At least I thought they should<br>I've carried them for donkeys' years<br>In flesh and bone and blood.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But soon they'll be Canadian<br>When from our Kev' they pass<br>(I wonder if they're thinking<br>That they'll then be upper-class) ? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've thought about it quite a lot<br>And hope that you'll agree<br>That I should have them back again<br>But that's not up to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My chances of retrieval<br>Are as walking to the moon<br>So the only way to catch them<br>Is to go to Saskatoon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Written Dec 1998)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419340" data-title="My Genes de John Carter Brown" data-description="My genes have just abandoned me And taken off my son To far exotic places Looking for more fun. They never even warned me Or said a last goodbye They thought that they knew better And o'er the sea did fly. It really came as quite a shock This in..."></div> </div> </div>

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