What does the author achieve by mixing exact and approximate numbers in "A Contribution to Statistics?"

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What do you think?

http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/S/SzymborskaWi/AContributio/index.html
i don't get the question
Why did she use imaginary and real numbers? What message was she sending?

Is she saying that statistics can mean anything you want them to mean?
I can't give you a straight forward answer, but here are some things you can expand on:
- That statistics can mean different things to others
- Statistics aren't just numbers
- Statistics aren't always accurate