A Poem: “Life Is Precious”

 

A germ

found on Mars

would force a rethink of

history, science, even

the Bible.

 

At the flu shot clinic,

the nurse swabs my skin

with alcohol.

 

She wants to kill the germs.

 

(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)

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