Right up until the 1960s, the Fore people of Papa New Guinea frequently practised cannibalism. Thought to honour the dead, cannibalistic behaviour was commonplace and deemed normal. However, the Fore people soon learnt about the terrifying risk of eating human flesh. They began to suffer from an extremely rare neurological disorder, called Kuru. The disorder is most commonly caught by the consumption of infected brain tissue and sufferers display body tremors and uncontrollable laughter, as well as searing pain all over their bodies. Kuru is always fatal, has no cure, and has an incubation period of 10 to 50 years meaning that many people could still be carriers of this frightening disorder.
"Drunk at the matinee" is a collection of candid poetry about stupid shit that we all experience from day to day.
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