Tiger or Zebra

Tiger or Zebra

A Poem by C.R.Turner

DNA encoded with stripes.
Encrypted packets
crossing space,
but for who, for what?

Are these the stripes
of an imminent attacker?
Or the camouflage
of a doomed quarry?

It's an enigma -
a Turing Shroud
for a secret saviour.

The sleeper has awoken
from his double-helix -
spiralling out of control,
mutating,
free from the confines of his cell,
ready to evolve.

Ready to be pounced upon,
or,
ready to get up and turn off the
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© 2012 C.R.Turner


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I have no idea what this is about any more, but it sure sounds impressive.

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C.R.Turner
C.R.Turner

Ireland



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I'm a professional €150k a year poet. I can go from nought to tingly in two stanzas or less! Yeah right!! Sorry to disappoint but I'm just a regular guy processing his dirty linen in public, v.. more..

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