Gene, The Culprit.

This is

DNA, The plAy:


firsT ACT,

dArk sTAGe,

A spoTliGhT: enTers The

Gene, unrepenTAnT CulpriT.

fACe your GuilT ! beCAuse of you

All ThAT And This And I CAme To be ! you !

The sole responsible ! (if by neGATion:

hAd iT noT been you, The responsible

for All ThAT Would hAve hAd To

be me !) So ThAT we Are

hereby exempTed,

wee!


ACT. G.

The Crime sCene:

They Chose The Gene,

CulpriT, They CAlled him. Poor

sCApeGoAT , They frAmed him And senT

him in. Comfy soluTion for The

mAfiA, whATever The Crime,

The besT To blAme

is AlwAys him!

( noT I.

noT you. ) from

where we were sTAndinG,

wiTh A mAGnifyinG GlAss

ThrouGh The keyhole,

All we wiTnessed

wAs him!


ACT 2: The

Gullible

jury


I sAy:

keep on relAyinG

responsibiliTy! 'CAuse

onCe we find The riGhT Gene

we CAn AsCerTAin iT wAs him

so ThAT you, And i, And he And she will

be, of ChArGes, free ! whAT i CAn, I Am,

I wAnT, And will be, blAme

Him, The GuilTy one, noT me!

Told you IT's Gene The

one! AfAik,

'I' don'T

even exisT!


ThAT would

never hAve hAppened

ThAT wouldn'T hAve been

The CAse. Therefore The only

possible ConClusion, And TherewiTh

The responsible for everyThinG

ThAT would hAve hAppened

hAd he noT been There

wouldn'T be! IT

musT be

HE!


ACT 3:

Gene,

The messenGer.

his reAl Crime wAs beinG

There, in The middle, pAssinG messAGes

, doinG The lAundry, And oTher smAll ThinGs.

OnCe inquired AbouT his deeds he sAid no lies

"hAd i noT been There, This wouldn'T be!"

bAd CompAny wAs his misdemeAnour

Oh, Gene The poor you,

sCApeGoAT

defenseless!

AT The

wronG plACe,

AT The wronG Time,

Guileless fulCrum of enTwined

proCesses - involvinG you,

CerTAinly - buT Also your

oThers, CohorTs

in shAdows,

remAined

behind The CurTAins

expeCTAnTly followed TriAl

buT As if noT There, They hAve

been exonerATed!


ACT 4

Gene

under

The limeliGhT


And now his life's sTory

hAs beCome An ArTiCle, A book, A movie


Gene is A sTAr


The reAl sTory ThouGh,

wAs never fully Told.

2 comments:

Ivan said...

GreAT!

You even managed to insert mutations and irregularities!

This is a brilliant poem, Mario, and when I get here I always leave with a smile on my face:

CongrATs!

Carla said...

Meu amor!Meu amigo! Meu querido! Realmente o gene é o culpado dessa sua brilhante mente criadora!!!! O tempo passa (3 anos) e vc aí, sempre me surpreendendo!

Como achoque vc nem vai ler isso vou te mandar um e-mail!

Amei amei amei te ler assim, tão Mário ainda!