Cancer is a war
War is a cancer
It creeps around under cover of night
Targeting victims when the time is right
Attacking them quietly one by one
Like a clever sniper or a sneaky drone
Cancer is a war
Cancer is a war
War is a cancer
It plays its game so cleverly
It has you thinking — it’s because of me
Just my bad luck ‘cos once I smoked
Or because I loved saveloys and ham
And all the foods I know are bad
Cancer is a war
Cancer is a war
War is a cancer
Its hostages suffering silently, extreme tortures
Of physical indignity
In chemo rooms and surgical wards
In radio-therapy suites
Their torturers are the kindest people
You will ever meet
Cancer is a war
Cancer is a war
War is a cancer
Billions spent on research and still no answer
In my grand parents day, it was hardly a thing
Now one in three women and one in two men
Will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime
The lowest rate being in South Sudan
The highest — shock horror, right here in Ozland
Cancer is a war
Cancer is a war
War is a cancer
Cos somehow I’m thinking I did something wrong
But Big Ag and Big Pharma are in this together
One makes us sick, the other makes us better
And it doesn’t take long to figure out
That our modern day lifestyle is bringing about
Our modern day plague and it’s not some random occurrence
But the chemicals used by the big companies
Who are dishing them out for breakfast, lunch and tea
In our food, in our water, and in our bloodstream
Microplastics, heavy metals and PFAS
BPAs BPSs and all the rest.
Now it’s not just birds, fishes, whales, guts filled with plastics
But humans, yes, we humans, are full of the shit.
Cancer is a war
(c) Jan Cornall July 2025
Cancer is a war
War is a cancer
We must not suffer in silence, in stoic acceptance
We must fight for the land to be chemically free
For the bees and honey and the old olive trees
For the ways of the wise ones who came before
The original custodians who follow the lore
Of nature and sure, we can have all mod cons
If we harvest the sun and the wind and the rain
We can watch birds and insects come back again
For after war comes peace, this we all know
Until another Bully pops up, to have another go
Cancer is a war
Cancer is a war
War is a cancer
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