Microbiome that is me
Host to three pounds of microbes
Mostly in my gut
The rest live behind my earlobes
Inside my bellybutton there's alot
Every human is a walking microbiome
Biologically supportive
Lots of germs call us home
We need each other to live
About this poem
Poetry is just a by product.
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Written on June 08, 2024
Submitted on June 08, 2024
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| Scheme | AXAX BCBC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 49 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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