· by Rob Stein and Eyder Peralta
From 
Couple Spends $100,000 To Clone Deceased Dog, Gets Two Puppies
—HuffPost Science, Dec. 28, 2015
A chance to wipe
The death-slate
Clean,
And raise a clone.
We might dictate
Morals of old
But none do hold,
The messiah
Willing to pry a life
From the mouth
Of god.
I gaze at
My bloody feet,
The dust, having wandered
The desert,
A rueful act.
One traitor equals
One billion
With minds set
To explode or be
Appeased.
Holding a shadow
Should be
A harrowing thing,
To feel the body
There, only to witness
The darkness.
Alejandro Escudé published his first full-length collection of poems, My Earthbound Eye, in September 2013. He holds a master’s degree in creative writing from UC Davis and teaches high school English. Originally from Argentina, Alejandro lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.