Designer Jeans

I am a jean.
All my protein,
my enzymes keen
are bright and lean.
You have not seen
a finer jean!
Each molecule
is really cool,
my nucleotide
from far and wide
in fine array
is there today.
A-C-G-T, C-G-T-A
all 64,
each one a four,
in sets of three,
are here in me
in strands of two:
a helix new.
A pairs with T
and G with C,
it’s clear as mud
you’re such a dud!
Amino acids and proteins:
simplicity.
You really mean
spaghetti in a pot of stew
can clone another me and you!
Bacteria, a little beast
spread out on a chunk of yeast,
a molecule of DNA,
and a brand new jean
is on its way.
Straight forward now
and you have seen
a charming new
designer jean!
~ written by Lucille Falk Miller © 1983