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The News & Cancer

There's the blood of a nine year old boy
in the snow in Bradford, England
Australians are feeding ants catfood
to help wipe out poisonous toads
which kill crocodiles and kangaroos
and five years from now
my internet connection will be
fifty times faster than today

In case I missed anything
they'll repeat it all
every fifteen minutes
just to make sure I know
until there's something more important
I should get told
and there's always Afghanistan
they can fall back on

In the Second World War
the whole family gathered together
in front of the wireless once a day
hushed by Hitler's advances after tea

The doctor's word was law
and cigarettes didn't kill you then
they gave them away for free
to the one's doing the fighting
and that was pretty much everybody

Cancer wasn't news
but today the news
seems like cancer to me

Written by Abracadabra

Published 19th February 2010 11:23am Read all poems by Abracadabra
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re: sound point

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Poet

Written on 19th February 2010 5:44pm by Abracadabra

Every day I feel like I'm overdosing on information and it's always what they want to tell me - plus the pace of change affecting how we receive the news is accelerating more and more. Thanks for your support, Priya - you're right to be concerned too.

Agree with Priya,

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Poet

Written on 19th February 2010 6:07pm by Jack Heslop

you make a sound point here and, even better, don't become too preachy or holier-than-thou whilst doing so. The image of the family gathered round the wireless was very good.

re: Agree with Priya,

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Poet

Written on 19th February 2010 6:16pm by Abracadabra

Fantastic to think even before that news could take weeks to arrive from the far flung corners of the empire and we were none the worse for it probably. Thanks for taking the trouble to comment, Jack.

re: Well thought out..

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Poet

Written on 21st February 2010 9:24pm by Abracadabra

Wow - a big thanks for that detailed feedback from you, Steven. I'm so pleased it appealed to you.

today the news seems like cancer to me

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Poet

Written on 24th February 2010 3:16pm by Arryn

The media does love to poison one's mind, doesn't it? An excellent piece, cleverly portraying what the world has become.

re: today the news seems like cancer to me

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Poet

Written on 24th February 2010 4:04pm by Abracadabra

Thanks for that feedback, Arryn - yes, it seems we cannot escape that information overload these days.

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