Emily Blanton
Cellular Poetry- Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells
BIO 135
I'm the prokaryotic cell
For simple jobs I have a knack
I still house DNA
But a nucleus I do lack
I'm the eukaryotic cell
I am much more complex
I'm larger and I made up
The first trees and the t-rex
I am the original
Creator of all cells
My structure is simple
No whistles or bells
My organelles are abundant
Mitochondria, ER-smooth and rough
I make proteins and ATP
Until I have enough
I have been hanging around Earth
For 3.8 billion years plus
I don't have mitochondria
Or a golgi apparatus
My nucleus at my center
To keep the DNA protected
I've multiplied through the years
From being naturally selected
I do have ribosomes
To make my protein
Only under the microscope
Can they closely be seen
I'm your plants and animals
From the biggest to the least
My simplest form
Is in everyday yeast
I'm mainly bacteria
Like E. coli and such
And my cytoplasm
Isn’t filled with much
My mitochondria and chloroplasts
Have their own DNA
Because we ate them years ago
And they decided to stay
But my jobs are important
Just like the more advanced cells
Even though I am smaller
With no organelles
We make up all living things
Plants, protists and man
We’re the reason you'll end
And the reason you began