Above and Below

Enhance nature (or attempt to keep her at bay).
Split rough – even — among all previous years.

Populations top women: beauty is in demands made
–seven times more, five times more, ten times more

than average. Still the question — who has the most?
Who has more to show each year above and below?

. . . . .

Poet: Susan Powers Bourne
Source: The Economist Advent Calendar 2012
Process: Redact, pick and mix