standard deviation

Kaitlyn Wells
sciencemeetspoetry
Published in
1 min readFeb 8, 2018

Standard as in normal,

Normal as in common,

A deviation

From the norm or average.

But, when did standard become equated with excellence?

Why do we have a gold standard?

Why not a gold outlier?

But, that brings us back to a standard deviation.

How can a true deviation be the norm?

A simple mathematical dance along the bounds of variance from the mean -

Encompassing the 66.86 percent or capturing them within the limits of complacency .

I’m happy outside a standard deviation because I’m a true deviation from the norm.

A majestic outlier confounding mathematics and the uniform distribution,

A free range dot on the plot.

If only I could explore a new domain,

Beyond positivity and reality

There lies the intersection of the union;

The probability of an infeasible solution.

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