'The DNA Of Fear'

must be the title of the year
for that thriller that has not been written yet,
but some author will claim the title.

And since fear does not have any DNA
it is an emotion that plays upon the mind,
then whatever the author has in mind,
it will be the ultimate macguffin,
the substitute for a real cause for fear
that drives a thriller forward.

Whilst a book of that title
is not yet in print I will share
where I first heard the phrase,
from a lesbian describing
how she felt attending church
when she was too young to refuse
believing what her family did,
particularly when it made her feel invisible. 

The church disbelieved in DNA,
and disbelieved in lesbianism,
and bound believers to disbelieve what they did,
away from the church, though,
the world was a much more diverse place.