Visit Malaysia Year Haiku - Liver Cancer Herds, Cameron Highlands (State Of Pahang) Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Cameron Highlands
guide shows and covers up
a liver cancer herb

Cameron Highlands
telling us to be quiet about it
the guide covers up the cancer herb

The guide digs onto the hillside to show us a bulbous growth which he said has been found to be effective in treating liver cancer. however as a precaution he told us not to write about it as he is afraid too many people may ascend the mountains in search of the herbs, a parasite which grows like cancer itself, on the roots of other plants.