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Mixed Quartet (Free verse) by Dovina

They were variously toned, but harmoniously united. They broadcast a whole, surpassing parts summed. Soprano: orientally quick, precise. Alto: whitely sharp, analytical. Tenor: latinly soulish, devoted. Bass: Africanly smooth, limber. But they were all the same race, geneticists say.

zodiac 23-Dec-05/7:38 AM
(1) I don't think a geneticist would think so. I think a geneticist would be pissed, and a little saddened, to see his life's work summarized so.

(1a) "But there was, on a structural level,
very, very little difference between them,
geneticists say."

(2) Any adjectives you used would be stereotypical, because they'd still be giving entire races/instruments broad, *typical* qualities. That's what stereotype means.

(3) I know. Merry Christmas.

(4) I thought we'd agreed. You're not racist. Your poems occasionally are. "You've still managed to be racist" is sloppy expression; I'll try to avoid that in the future.




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