Through preimplantation genetic diagnosis
can we screen out the embryos prone to nerosis?
if cancer doesn't loom
in your embryonic bloom
perhaps we'll select you for further mitosis
In vitro fertilization allows the fine-tuning
of whether your larynx sustains suasive crooning
cannot poetry potentially
be selected for? eventually
philharmonics boast superlative genetics-wraught bassooning
With preimplantation genetic diagnostics
we select for the CEO and weed out the beatniks
biotech bodes a future
cafeteria of Nature
permitting us to sire keen inventors of Sputniks
In vitro fertilization permits the selection
of the predispositions for human perfection
why live so haphazard
as the fruitflies and lizards?
genitalia and gizzards we improve with reflection
Via preimplantation genetic diagnostics
we aim to distinguish the dumbos from gnostics
pre-prenatal IQ testing
can be swiftly arresting
those embryos not favored for crosswords & acrostics
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riffing on this report --"The DNA Age: Couples Cull Embryos to Halt Heritage of Cancer," by Amy Harmon
New York Times (September 3, 2006)
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