What Matters?

What Matters ? 1/16/12

I ate a seedless tangerine this morning.
It is not obviously a world changing event.
No clash of civilizations arise
To defend or capture a seedless tangerine.

If we were to discuss the creation of a seedless tangerine,
It would be essential that we consider the science involved.
What happened to the seed?
What are the ramifications of such an accomplishment?

Can we imagine life without seeds?
What about seedless artichokes
Or elephants and whales?
We must be careful.

Can we make tall blond haired people
If genetic seeds can be eliminated?
Will the biblical injunctions against homosexuals
Need modification if reproduction is seedless?

Clearly, however innocently created,
My seedless tangerine suggests grave prospects.
I do not relish the return of that despicable seed,
But we can see the need, for the seed matters.