Significant Figures
We are too
willing to round off,
leave imprecise
and afraid that
more information will lead us
to a less
accurate measurement.
For if we can
evaluate each other
beyond
darker/lighter/queerer skins
If we can detect
the intricacies of those details,
we feel
somehow
that we might
get the wrong answer.
Regardless of
the fact
that the
instructor told us to leave the extra numbers in,
for precision
they will come
in handy later.
Or at least
enough to show your work.
Yet somehow we
always think it better to exclude
the details.
Ignore the
stories.
And sit an order
of magnitude away from those
who could be our
closest friends.
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