telomere.dev
a meditation on chromosomal impermanence
at the tips of every chromosome,
a thread begins to fray.
Growth
cell divides. copies itself.
each replication leaves a residue.
the cap grows thin.
Peak
the cap, at its fullest.
intricate, laid three deep.
First Erosion
the first hairline.
so quiet you could miss it.
Thinning
fragments drift.
the grain intensifies.
the weight of things lightens.
Vestige
a faint suggestion
of what was.