A Chew

A Chew Hemant Anant Sant July 2018

The delight he chew,

On him, it grew.

Meandering into his insides,

Gripped him like a Snake

Wrenching all he had within.

Threw him high,

Flung Him wide.

Higher he went,

Deeper he fell,

Into an unending ravine.

Of Despair and Death,

Which seemed so far before?

Had come to him sooner and with a Sore

His face now mangled into a mass.

As if It had chewed him instead all these years ,

Spat him out now as he would,

His Tobacco , his daily mouthful dose,

And he Thought, he had a Friend very Close!

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A Warning to all Tobacco chewers .1 Million per year Indians will suffer diseases due to Tobacco.100,000 will get oral mouth (Head and Neck ) Cancer in year to come. So many die young at peak of their lives , So many families suffer. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey India, conducted in 2009-10, revealed that 35% of adults used tobacco.2 Tobacco-related cancers are expected to constitute 30% of the total cancer burden by 2020.