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THE GENETIC WARS: a graphic poem
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From the time that Replication became
From the time that Replication became
the primary form of human reproduction,
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Aug 13, 2018
Death was a word no longer spoken.
Death was a word no longer spoken.
People did not die —
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Aug 13, 2018
Replication was the cure for everything.
Replication was the cure for everything.
Abandoned early on,
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Aug 13, 2018
Vigorous but anarchic,
Vigorous but anarchic,
the culture of hybridization signaled
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Aug 13, 2018
Sex became the province of specialists.
Sex became the province of specialists.
One watched it
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Aug 12, 2018
In the early years
In the early years
only the rich could afford
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The first series of Genetic Laws
The first series of Genetic Laws
made it necessary to apply for replication
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Aug 12, 2018
An obsessive search for purity
An obsessive search for purity
and a collective belief in
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Out of the Wars
Out of the Wars
emerged the Genetic Police.
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An excessive attachment
An excessive attachment
to one’s current life condition
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Aug 12, 2018
Very rarely
Very rarely
did an individual demand to retain its existence.
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People were forced to watch
People were forced to watch
as the Genetic Police
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As women were no longer necessary
As women were no longer necessary
for child-bearing,
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Aug 11, 2018
Those women retained
Those women retained
for recreational purposes
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As time went on,
As time went on,
the older self was sacrificed
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So varying and unpredictable
So varying and unpredictable
were fashions in bodies,
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Legal Dilemmas
Legal Dilemmas
Simultaneous replications
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Tribalism
Tribalism
The family —
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Particularly among the Writable Genes
Particularly among the Writable Genes
a tendency to spontaneously mutate
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Genes Fixed
Genes Fixed
Women generally
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After the first few replicant generations,
After the first few replicant generations,
the process —
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Aug 11, 2018
The Third Series of Genetic laws
The Third Series of Genetic laws
created a much stricter application process
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Aug 11, 2018
Occasionally a link would flee,
Occasionally a link would flee,
going underground to join
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Genetic tourism was the fashion of the day.
Genetic tourism was the fashion of the day.
Taking a turn in one’s genetic past was
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Consciousness passed
Consciousness passed
from one replication
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Aug 11, 2018
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