The First Family: An Earlobe Story

It started as an earlobe,
Lonely and aware
That it would be much more complete
If it could make a pair,

And so it looked and listened
And so grew its ears and eyes,
And it found a brain, a face, and hair
That to its side it did bind.

And soon the first lobe found a second
And a head the two became.
They thought they’d met their goals,
Yet they still felt kind of lame,

And so the head sought out a body,
And the body sought out limbs
And soon the lobes could walk around,
And searched the world for hims.

Sure enough they found him:
Another lobe-turned-body,
And the lobe pair fell in love
‘Cause the he-lobe was a hotty.

And the bodies mixed and matched
And made a smaller version
Of themselves, and out it pushed,
Desiring an excursion.

And so was born a child
And the lobe became a mother.
The first kid was a sister
And the second was a brother.

And that is how a family
In my mind has been portrayed.
I love you mom, but seriously,
How was I really made?

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