Of Gems or Germs
They number in trillions.
Too many to census tally,
on insides and outsides of every
human body, we each have
our own personal repertoire
of microbes keeping us alive.
In typical foolish human fashion
we’ve tried to kill them
with discovered miraculous medications,
intending genocide to thwart some few
deadly troublemakers by misusing
mass murder techniques, all
to our own peril and demise.
Look both ways for the connections of all life,
the great and the small.
Mind the gaps of gods and science and don’t be fooled by prophets or profits.
Our Literary Journey 
Good advice in your mind the gaps section. As for foolish humans, you’re too kind😉
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Thank you, Sue.
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Excellent, Bill… you say what I feel. We can’t kill them all, nor should we. How the hell are we supposed to build any antibodies if we don’t expose ourselves to them?
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You make an excellent point and one that I’ve been thinking about myself. I’m sure our resistance is reducing.
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Thanks Keith. The resistance of germs to drugs is ever increasing. Bad news.
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“Our own personal repertoire of microbes.” I enjoyed reading this, Bill 🙂
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Thanks, Sunra, happy that you liked it.
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