Gamblers

My parents became addicted
to gambling with their combined genes,
They threw the spiraling dice
nine successful times.

Their question:
Which out of the infinite possibilities
would be born next?
Out of their personalities and family histories;
their bodies and appearances.
-His eyes and her seriousness-
-His depression and her faith-
-Her eyes and his childhood hair.

Gambling with a pair, a handful of double helices;
Throw the infinite dice together, hold
them in your coupled hands,

And throw.