Cancer in the News

The news abounds that death from cancer's going down
So, we really aught to celebrate.
Still I'm waiting for some mention even an insinuation
that the total number's starting to accelerate.

Dime a dozen the survivors now are all becoming lifers
Hoping not to relapse.
Noting not the total numbers, how this nation slumbers
Common information full of gaps.

Other illness' are also on the rise increasing I surmise
And all coming from a similar place.
To the air we breathe, the food we eat, the very ground beneath our feet
Chemicals are added at a quickening pace.

Alzheimer's, autism are but two mental disorders whose numbers grew
And all the solutions are the same.
For every disease of the soul or the body is a chemical cure no matter how shoddy
And we're all victims playing this game.

Now, into the circle file...