We have shown that there seems to be a correlation between blood-type and temperament. It should, therefore, be possible to determine temperament scientifically without the subjective judgments of different observers. This should prove of value in various fields: 1) In education; 2) In applied psychology; 3) In folk-psychology; 4) In medical science; 5) to eugenics, and to other mental and social phenomena.
Furukawa Takeji, 1930
| A | B | AB | O | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cell basic building block of life |
wall | phone | division | mate |
| antigen substance which the body recognizes as alien |
meat | nightshade | smoke | stress |
| antibody component of the body which recognizes & fights off foreign substances |
tumor | heart | memory | loss |
A
Anyone can give blood to
Anybody else — it’s just
A question of who chooses to
Accept, of whether the blood
Agglutinates or
Assumes the place of
Another cell,
Another wall.
Arrival, then, requires either
Assimilation or
Allergic reaction.
Anything, the scientist
Argues, can be set
Apart,
Anatomy into taxonomy,
Animal into flesh, into meat.
All’s to say, to be
Alien is to exist measured
Against
Another
And found to be without
Alignment. Premature
Autopsy claims
Atrophy, names parasite, tumor.
B
Before the Japanese
Brought disease to Korea, they
Brought the
Belief that Koreans were dirty. In the
Blood. In the
Bone. On the phone,
Bringing nothing
But calling Koreans closer to
Beast than human
Being. This nightshade contradiction —
Belonging to a family that is
Both desired and deadly.
Beside the nation, there is the
Body.
Beyond the
Border, there is a
Body of water.
Besides the
Blood, there is the heart
Beating.
AB
Abstract: what makes a body normal or
Abnormal is not the body but what it
Absorbs, whether it can be
Absorbed without splitting or division.
Above all, the Japanese sought to be
Able to distinguish themselves from their
Abuse and their subjects, to turn
Aborigine bodies dirty with smoke, to
Abridge history by setting a people
Ablaze. Still, in the sea between nations, an
Abundance of women built constellations from
Abalone shells as they swam towards a sky
Absent of stars. Muscle memory must first swell to heal —
Abscess, a blister, a bruise,
Aboil.
O
Over time, what was
Occupation becomes preoccupation, every
Obligation gives way to
Obsession, asks: how is
One different from the
Other? How do we choose
Our mates and lovers, and
Of course, how do we
Order
Ourselves? After empire, the
Organs still produce air pressurized,
Operate as if under
Ongoing stress. All we can
Offer,
On
One hand, is a fist the size
Of a heart, close and
Open, let blood
Out, either a loss
Or a transfusion.
