I, the Clone

I, The Clone So that I would not live alone, My parents thought I should be a clone. They cloned at first two then four, Then they cloned just four more. Being the first parents in the nation Practising exponential regeneration They tried again to double the brood Using methods not fully understood. Breeding at this prodigious rate I soon numbered two thousand and forty eight. And, allowing for those not now alive, Next became four thousand and sixty five. So I continued to expand, Filling up towns throughout the land, And, some years after the age of consent Held all the seats in Parliament. And so it’s easy now to see How I became my own M.P. When I numbered six million and forty two, I was army, navy and air force too. At ten billion three hundred and twenty eight, I became head of every state, And, depending on my point of view Deposed myself with war and coup. So by accident or by intent Became first global President. Now four trillion seven hundred and ninety three The only person in the world is me. 28th Feb. 2016 Originally drafted in the days of Dolly The Sheep.