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Footprints In the Sun

Global warming caused my cancer; Here I thought my lack of shirts. Carbon footprint’s karmic answer: Carcinoma, just desserts.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/30/2022 9:42:00 AM

The desserts are so dangerous; sugar has such a connection with cancer!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/22/2022 4:17:00 PM

Gee, if Biden got his carcinoma life-guarding, why didn't Reagan?! He was another older President, wasn't he?! ~ Just askin'

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/21/2022 5:17:00 PM

The sun can be deadly…best cover up. I forgot some spots and paid the price with a brutal sunburn. Sorry you’re dealing with this…hard.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 7/22/2022 8:48:00 AM

I agree that it is, Kim. We cannot be too careful. As far as I know I don't have any skin cancers, but I do keep a close check.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 7/21/2022 2:07:00 PM

Wow, now this short poem really gives me something to think about. I love sitting in the sun and, since childhood, I can't remember ever putting on sunscreen. I don't seem to sunburn, just turn a toasty brown. But, I'm going to be more careful. My mom died of melanoma back when it was a death sentence!

Jeff Kyser
Date: 7/21/2022 3:01:00 PM

I think the sunburn you got 25-30 years ago is what manifests as basal cell carcinomas. I worked construction several summers in the blazing Alabama sun back in high school and have had about 15 carcinomas burned off or cut out, with the worst being a large one on my nose that required plastic surgery and moving a flap from my cheek. The poem was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Biden recently said global warming caused his skin cancer.

Jeff Kyser
Date: 7/21/2022 3:01:00 PM

It was more likely his time spent as a lifeguard, defending the free world from Corn Pop