The Conjugation of the Paramecium
by Muriel Rukeyser
This has nothing
to do with
propagating
The species
is continued
as so many are
(among the smaller creatures)
by fission
(and this species
is very small
next in order to
the amoeba, the beginning one)
The paramecium
achieves, then,
immortality
by dividing
But when
the paramecium
desires renewal
strength another joy
this is what
the paramecium does:
The paramecium
lies down beside
another paramecium
Slowly inexplicably
the exchange
takes place
in which
some bits
of the nucleus of each
are exchanged
for some bits
of the nucleus
of the other
This is called
the conjugation of the paramecium.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Into My Heart an Air that Kills poem – A. E. Housman
- Robert Burns: Handsome Nell:
- Battle For Madness by Satish Verma
- Каждый день и каждый миг судьбу благодарю
- Юлий Даниэль – Часовой
- Владимир Высоцкий – Тоска немая гложет иногда
- To Mr. H. Lawes on His Airs poem – John Milton poems
- Валерий Брюсов – Я жизнью пьян. Напиток жгучий
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Человек
- The Gardener XLVI: You Left Me by Rabindranath Tagore
- Allegory by Thomas Hood
- Владимир Высоцкий – Знать бы все до конца бы и сразу б
- The Princess (part 7) poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Омар Хайям – Благородство страданием, друг, рождено
- Владимир Британишский – Есть добрая, есть и дурная слава
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
