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Marvin Simon

An Experienced Clone

We cloned a monkey
We cloned a lamb
Next a donkey
Why not a man?
And if we choose a man
What kind do we need
A man of experience
Who planted his seed
A man who has seen all the joys and tears
A man who passed through many years
And where do we find a man of such source
Why in the Sunrise Senior Center, of course.
Do we clone a woman
Like we did once before
Why not? They've done OK
With our ribs for sure
Come to think of it
We might make a woman
The first to clone
Then make a man
From her rib bone.
Now that might be a fruitful twist
Look at the wars we may have missed
We sure do need them for a man
Because without a woman
They ain't worth a damn.