The co-mingling of cells
a trillion times over. Billions
of years, remove or add just one
rainy day. The lone goose that
didn’t make it winging south
for the winter. The brick layer
makes a mistake and starts all
over again. Imagine one stalk
of corn harvested from a
thousand acre farm in Iowa
many years ago. Countless Stars
are born nameless yet continue
to shine anonymously. How
many generations did it take
to bring the likes of you and I
into being? Think of the
happenings otherwise which
would have left us unborn into
this life, one errant cell gone
awry on any given Tuesday a
thousand years ago in Alexandria,
Egypt. What if that misplaced
brick had not been corrected?
What if, what if, what if innumerable
times over? Imagine the myriad
possibilities. Why or why not, how is
it the miraculous being of you and I
in the here and now? One missing
or mismatched relative from way
way back, and I wouldn’t be here
writing this at all. What are the chances?
Freakin’ amazing!
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Chris Hanch 8-2-2024
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