A Sunday Poem — “Census”

 

The Liberals bring back the

long-form census.

 

A bizarre move.

 

Data collected may be helpful in

poverty reduction,

transportation improvement,

employment forecasting,

immigration planning,

city investment in schools, hospitals,

and overall, allow for

evidence-based policy making.

 

Other than that,

do we really need it?

 

(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)

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