a magnet for me
dark hair
dark eyes
piece of nose
mine
from grandmother Roberta
great-grandfather Lee
Dad's brow
cheekbones
chin
chiseled look
through grandfather Joe
great-great-grandfather Claus
traceable sweetness
to Meares/Mahaffey strand
congenial nature
a Jordan gene
inclusive heart
from unknown forebear
composite you
genetic pieces
puzzled together
into handsome mosaic
from South and North
England, Wales, Hibernia
Sweden, Prussia, France
and perhaps, Imperial Rome.
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