Celebrity in the Flesh

My body is the real celebrity.

He has ninety trillion more fans
(and hecklers)
than I
(or Paris or Britney)
ever will,
living within him:

     the starstruck micro-bes
     (bacteria, funguses, viruses all),
     witnesses to his rise and fall—

         the fluttering flesh of his youth
         the flickering flesh of his midlife
         the flacciding flesh of his old age.

They seem to come out of the woodwork
(maybe they do!),
nurturing him or
tearing him down.
But where would they be
without him?

sigh ...
But just who,
then,
am I?


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You Share Your Body with 90 Trillion Roommates
http://www.healthbolt.net/2007/07/09/microbes