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.
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.