took my dna

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took my dna

They took my dna
Swabbed my mouth / Saliva extraction / Stuck it in a tube
Grosser than it sounds

Shipped it off to examine / Determine if it’s sound / What happens next?
I don’t know.

But I’m the crazy one / If I question those white coats / With their microscopes And sharpened scalpels

Frankenstein
Didn’t come from thin air / What if they’re building / another me as we speak?Mutated and horribly distorted

Stored my spit / Just for their library of clones / Or AI shenanigans / It’s all happening too fast / Can’t comprehend the next invention

Who knows what they’ll do with my dna / maybe they’ll just throw it away / Then I won’t have to worry / But, for now, I’ll close just my eyes
And turn over for the night

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