This has nothing

to do with

propagating



The species

is continued

as so many are

(among the smaller creatures)

by fission



(and this species

is very small

next in order to

the amoeba, the beginning one)



The paramecium

achieves, then,

immortality

by dividing



But when

the paramecium

desires renewal

strength another joy

this is what 

the paramecium does:



The paramecium

lies down beside

another paramecium



Slowly inexplicably

the exchange

takes place

in which

some bits

of the nucleus of each

are exchanged



for some bits 

of the nucleus

of the other



This is called

the conjugation of the paramecium.