GMOs ("Genetically" Manipulated Order-of-things)

We live in a world of rampant customization,

Where everything has multiple variations,

Tailoring our major decisions,

To fit in with our conceptions of perfection.

And now we have moved from technology,

And its puzzle-piece properties,

To modifying the very food we eat,

And eventually, maybe our very own babies.

Genetic modifications,

Will be the catalyst of nations,

Bringing aid to those rife with starvation,

And more wealth to those who create them.

Already our production of corn and wheat,

Have been made globally surfeit,

By the introduction of more hardy genes,

That have enabled crop production to amply increase.

Yet what about the side affects,

The death and destruction of ecosystems,

As growth cycles are disrupted,

And the ground is stripped of nutrients.

What about the increasing flooding,

And as the population is exploding,

Climate change is highly concerning,

More food, more waste, more burning.

Modifications also cause problems for human societies,

For we are now putting altered genes into our bodies,

The repercussions are plausibilities,

Because proper testing is rarely a measure of propriety.

But even regardless of this disturbing situation,

Cloning and IVF have even greater implications.

When we can build our own human,

It heralds the end of natural selection.

Our genetic code was made public knowledge,

By the human Genome project,

And scientists are now rushing to harness,

Human genes for their own research.

And no more must people rely on their own genes,

To pass on traits to their offspring,

In fact, there are banks for gametes,

Where parents can choose cells for particular characteristics.

A child can be made intelligent,

By using cells from another parent,

Even athletics and appearance,

Are now in the hands of humans.

And as research races to decode,

The fibers of our being at the molecular level,

To learn what individual components are capable of,

And maybe even change the ones that are harmful,

We face the threat that the natural world,

May become unsustainable,

As genetic modifications become more available,

And the earth is flooded by something too stable,

For cycle of change to be possible.

Once perfection is biologically attainable.