let us exchange dna 
 discuss a possible marital union 
 a white chrome buick is my dowry 
 let us exchange fluids 
 the dna of a million years of our ancestors 
 the sperm will pierce the egg 
 the egg will unfold the earth 
 the earth will blossom 
 the blossom will die 
 death will create bacteria 
 bacteria will ferment 
 produce wine for the wedding party

 let us exchange bodily fluids 
 on the venetian holy altar 
 with the blessing of the pope 
 and the saints and the gods 
 I named my dna - jacks 
 you named yours - jills 
 let jack and jill walk up the hill 
 jack jumped jill and produced elizabeth

 let us exchange dna 
 weave a new fragment on the genetic landscape 
 x y and z will form d 
 let us exchange our ideas 
 argue about the size of the wedding ring 
 the plot of land in the suburbs 
 where we can plant our dna 
 send the fragments to kindargarten 
 then graduate from high school 
 enter the ivy league 
 and exchange their own dna

 let us exchange dna 
 it's no sacred crime 
 i am trying to increase the genetic diversity 
 the primal man eats the egg 
 steals the native girl 
 and procreates 
 then later reads chaucer and hemmingway 
 the sperm pierces the egg 
 the egg will unfold the earth

 let us exchange dna 
 without the marital union