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PLEONEXIA (For Whom the Bell Tolls)

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They’re in toothpaste, body wash and hairspray,
perfume, toilet paper and “feminine care” products,
shave cream, antiperspirants and nail polish,
cosmetics, dental amalgams and eye drops,

fabric softeners, baby bottles and toys,
pacifiers, disposable diapers and nipples,
computer and TV housings, tools and CDS,
I-Pods, smart phones and coffee filters,

mouthwash, shampoos and paper towels,
laundry and dishwashing detergents and softeners,
non-stick cookware, juice boxes and tissues,
clothing that’s been dry cleaned in chemical solvents,

in paints and carpeting and plywood
used to make our new furniture and kitchen cabinets,
household cleaners, air fresheners, varnishes,
synthetic clothing, car interiors and cameras,

synthetic hormones used in prescription drugs,
that wind up in all our municipal water,
agricultural runoff laced with feces,
fertilizers, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics,

chemicals improperly stored in underground tanks,
acid rain from industrial release of sulfur dioxide,
landfills, gasoline additives, secondhand smoke,
exhaust from millions of cars on America’s highways.

In the US insecticides, herbicides and fungicides
are sprayed directly on to vegetables and fruits
and due to contaminated water runoff,
suck up more poisonous chemicals through their roots.

30% of insecticides, 60% of herbicides,
and 90% of fungicides, according to EPA,
are carcinogenic and their residue’s been detected
in 50 to 95% of food in the USA.

These poisons also concentrate in the body tissue
of all the animals we choose to eat, in fact,
95% of human exposure to dioxin
comes from the ingestion of commercial animal fat.

The transfats, the aspartame, the corn syrup,
the preservatives, the waxes and the dyes,
the meat gassed to stay red for weeks,
the propellants, the solvents, e-coli.

Profits are maximized with what appears to be food,
but is a highly-processed, chemicalized imitation
that looks, tastes, smells and has the mouth-feel of real food
but is, in fact, a nutritionless, faux-food creation.

These disease-creating, chemical time bombs
are promoted by shock and awe on TV 24/7 -
no safety checks, no admission they’re linked to disease -
to get us to continue to choose to consume them.

The Senate reported these faux foods may be as damaging
as contagious disease was in the early 20th century,
yet the producers may induce us to further self-abuse
supported by tax breaks, abatements, and Big Ag subsidies.

Ever wonder why toothpaste labels say not to swallow?
Because the fluoride in it is known to be a toxic waste product
that’s also pumped into our municipal water,
thus paying corporations to dispose of their garbage.

The fluoridation of municipal drinking water,
done without animal studies or our informed consent,
is done with hexafluorosilicic acid, a waste product,
not the calcium fluoride found in the natural environment.

This is the most-consumed drug in the United States,
deliberately added to water “to prevent tooth decay”.
no scientific evidence proves this is so,
but they add it to our drinking water anyway.

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Vi's works appear widely both in print and online. She conducts Poetry Workshops and gives readings in Central New York. Her latest chapbook is "Sine Qua Non Antiques (an Arcanum of History, Geography and Treachery).
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