Clone Machine
What if we could make clones of ourselves?
You wouldn’t have to go to school
You could just send your clone
All you’d have to do
Is play around at home.
You could do ten things at once
Without moving a bone
Just leave the work
To your friendly old clone.
When you don’t want your food
But don’t want it to rot
Your clone will just eat it
And you will not!
But how would my family
Know it was me?
I’ll just stick to life as normal
Be myself and be free!
By Mary Blackadder & Holly Tarbet
About this poem
This poem was reproduced on a postcard for National Poetry Day 2005. Eight poetry postcards are published each year by the Scottish Poetry Library to celebrate National Poetry Day and are distributed throughout Scotland to schools, libraries and other venues. The theme for 2005 was the future. You can find out more about National Poetry Day in our National Poetry Day pages, where you’ll also find resources to go with the poems.
