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Cancer is a curious thing...Nobody knows what the cause is,

Cancer is a curious thing…
Nobody knows what the cause is,
Though some pretend they do;
Its like some hidden assassin,
Waiting to strike at you.

Childless women get it,
And men when they retire.
It – W. H. Auden

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