Measles

Measles, mumps and chicken pox, Insidious diseases, Were all a part of childhood, Paired with earaches, strep and sneezes. But that was many years ago And scientists have found The vaccinations needed So those germs won’t get around. Except in some communities Where parents do refuse To inoculate their children Due to controversial views. So new cases of the measles, Once now gone, have reappeared And now hundreds are infected, Which the health officials feared. To the anti-vaccinators, With your self-indulgent ways, You’re infringing on your neighbors; Sometimes selfishness betrays.