adenine:

crushed diatoms, sea salt, juniper, driftwood,

sunburn, windburn, rap and indie rock, clean snow,

may beetle, cinnamon, cloves, gingerbread, campfire crackles,

jazz piano, drums, purine, alga, caustic turtle, acid wash.

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thymine:

clay cardinal, butterscotch, rhododendron, boulders,

raspberries, lime, aloe vera, hibiscus and magnolia,

psychedelic wasp, grass stains, ink, oil pastels, mandolin,

punk, pyramidine, jasmine, cryptic llama, turpentine.

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we are the same.

we are different.

either way, we bond.