The genetic code, a code language of life,
four letters, A, T, C, G,
a sequence that unfolds into a myriad of forms.
A code within a code,
a patterson within a pattern sew,
a microcosm of little worms.
"The entire universe, then, is a বিরাট ( বিরাট - Bengali for huge, vast, colossal) code."1
- Hugh Kenner
DNA ↔ RNA → Protein
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"A single cell, ex nihilo, from nothing,"2
"a self-replicating engine."
DNA, the double helix,3
a spiral of life,
corkscrew it all.
Brute farce to unlocking,
the secrets of human anxiety,
or just another mystery school,
in the endless chain of invention, the last one humans need to make?
Maybe both, maybe neither.
THE ALPHABET vs THE EQUATION
^1 Hugh Kenner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Kenner
^2 "ex nihilo": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_nihilo