Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas San Diego, Ca. March 2012

Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas San Diego, Ca. March 2012
Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas at Luche Libre Taco Shop in San Diego, March 2012

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The Successful Eradication

     
                               Janet Parker
Was the last human
                                    To die
                                              Of Smallpox
On a cold day in September of 1978

Smallpox had been
               A rampant killer of men
                                Children and Poets, Matrons and Kings
                                For 10,000 years and more
                                But none in the last 34

In the 20th century 
The historical record shows
That Smallpox ushered 500 million to the gates of Hell
And blinded millions that survived
Leaving millions more who wished they were dead

                    Men set out
                            To assassinate this decimator of humanity
                    That had killed 2 million as recently as 1967
                    A little more than a decade elapsed
                            And the little enemy was defeated

Edward Jenner
Who had noticed milkmaids were immune
Pronounced vaccination
Would save the world
And he was right

All hail Edward Jenner



















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