Spin Off

At the heyday of genetic technology

We knew all that could be known about genes

We delved into petrified tissues

And brought to light events, memories, conditions

Even feelings

...

So

(Random article in a scientific review)

From the bones of a donkey

(Dead for at least twenty-five centuries)

Exhumed outside the village of Al-Ghaib, in Ishmaelia

It was gleaned that it had carried a young woman

And a new-born baby

From then-Judea to Egypt

...

Notable was

That, embedded in his DNA

A newly-found combination of aminoacids was traced

Which, for want of an appropriate term,

Was dubbed "the happiness gene"