Newspoem 2 June 2001: C Can Cause Cancer

Epidemiological scientific research confirms curious doctors’ uncertain suspicions; medical researchers announce conclusions: C can cause cancer

American society’s increasingly C-saturated commercial discourse causes excessive
C accumulation, inciting toxic
uncontrollable microscopic cellular reproduction

Scientists’ conclusions recommend congress consider creating alphabetic caps
reducing American C consumption
encouraging nontoxic typographic sources

Can America’s public reduce C dependence? cutting back
crime, police, racism, hypocrisy
cars, illiteracy, corruption, capitalism?

(Which carcinogenic character’s innocent connotations include: chocolate chip cookies, cottage cheese, Captain
Crunch, childhood, genetic code)

Can Congress rescind alphabetic convention, reduce C consumption?
CEOs, incensed conservative Republican social critics cry “censorship!”