Unstoppable

Found poem: ‘Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study’ Amelia Hill, The Guardian, 17 June 2021 

We cannot slow the rate at which we get older

Says a study by a collaboration of scientists from 14 countries

The invariant rate of ageing is due to biological constraints

Rather than slowing down death

More people are living much longer

Due to a reduction in mortality at younger ages

Statistics confirmed individuals live longer as health

And living conditions improve which leads to increasing longevity

Nevertheless a steep rise in death rates as years advance

Into old age is clear to see in all species 

Says a study by a collaboration of scientists from 14 countries

A very high-powered study proving something contentious

And surely right more people get to live much longer now

However the trajectory towards death in old age has not changed