​WATER! (©2006 John T. Windle)
 
​    Water…water…water…oh.
 
​Geologists discovered in the Quaternary;
​these patterns have been happening for our eternity
​and conclude
​that we’ve been here before.
​Seas (up down up down).
 
​Lakes are drying up and shrinking underground
​so we drill down, suck it up, subsidence for sustenance
​and now
​running out of artesian
​wells (don’t force it faucet).
 
​    Water…water.
 
​All the major rivers on the continents are f*cked,
​Delivering shivering, quivering kids
​with disease.
​All they want is fresh water
​please (H2O let me grow).
 
​Floods of people are streaming ‘cross the world
​away from the black gold and see-through
​liquid wars
​and knocking on our waterproof
​doors (osmosis).
 
​    Water…water…water…oh.
 
​Filter out a solution
​and make it bloody quick.
​Bureaucrats are arguing; dilution of the
​rhetoric
​‘aint gonna move the blame.
​Spills (save it for a rainy day).
 
​Each and everyone responsibility;
​agriculture, industry, untouchables and you and me.
​Of course
​there’s enough for all.
​Free (attention!)
 
​    Water…water…water…not war.