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The Bacteria Found on the Hand of an 8-Year-Old After Playing Outside

Worlds Within Worlds

Worlds Within Worlds


Quick- open up your human hand-
a microbe-laden nasty world
is thriving there clandestinely!
Though most will die with sudsy wash-
not long before more take their place.

Within their unseen realm of space- 
in their tight time tween life and death,
they eat, divide- to millions grow
and wait to migrate to new worlds-
through all the human hands you touch.


Sandra M. Haight

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How many germs are on your hands?
It's fair to say a lot of them, particularly if you haven't washed your hands recently.  Every time you touch an object or shake someone's hand, you are probably picking up bacteria and potentially viruses too. We're estimated to have around 1,500 bacteria living on each square centimeter of the skin on our hands. Google
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Sergi Avatar
July 15, 2019 at 3:26 PM
Hi Sandra: I can only echo Sand Brown's sentiments. Thank God e have stronger bacteria! Great Theme!
Blown Avatar
July 14, 2019 at 3:30 PM
and deep in that cellular mass...beats the heart of a poet...ah lass, may the mind be both within and without : )
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