All typed up in Courier,
the ink is dry as the messenger
is hung from the brittle forest
of toilet paper and trees
The ax men came by this week
and cut the lone tree on the block down;
must have been more than an half-century old,
and this typewriter is my counterweight
Stiff in the wind, drying fast as central California,
the last water is water that won't last,
and the centrifuge of the rude work crew,
hooped and howled when they chopped it down
The undeclared war on nature, represented
in this microcosm of pointless foolishness
was at the service of the power company
and the shade is gone and my heart is numb
For war is peace for satiated kings and queens
selling us sweet drinks to suck down
or the big high five with unwashed hands,
the blood and guilt gone soft
as the lost daughters and sons
circle the dead branches, the stumps left over,
speechless and mute; the shade
lost and gone as the seizure winds
crossing the mountain ranges,
stirring up heat and dust ...
Soon, they'll be begging for the stuff
from shore to stormy shore
Around the world, water shortages are being reported. Here a just a few of such events ...
Mercury found in trout in the Grand Canyon ... Read More
Texas towns experience water shortages due to fracking ... Read More
U.N. panel warns India of looming water and food shortages ... Read More
People in Putnam County, West Virginia, told to stop using water again ... Read More
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Around the world, water shortages are being reported. Here a just a few of such events ...
Mercury found in trout in the Grand Canyon ... Read More
Texas towns experience water shortages due to fracking ... Read More
U.N. panel warns India of looming water and food shortages ... Read More
People in Putnam County, West Virginia, told to stop using water again ... Read More
More on the West Virginia Chemical Spill into the Elk River ... Read More
Severe Drought calls for emergency declaration in California ... Read More
Water shortages in Africa ... Read More
Water shortages in China ... Read More
Meanwhile, the situation in northern Arizona, on the Mogollon Rim, is getting increasingly dry ... According to the Associated Press ...
Meanwhile, the situation in northern Arizona, on the Mogollon Rim, is getting increasingly dry ... According to the Associated Press ...
"WILLIAMS, ARIZONA — Residents of this northern Arizona city are living under tight restrictions in the wake of what the city is calling a troubling water crisis.
"Williams officials last week adopted the highest possible restrictions.
"Residents are prohibited from watering outside and washing their cars. Public and private swimming pools must be filled with water hauled from elsewhere.
"Anyone violating the restrictions could face a $100 fine, which would double for each subsequent violation.
"City Manager Brandon Buchanan said residents need to curb even indoor use. Households using more than 15,000 gallons of water in a month will be charged rates 50 percent higher than normal.
"Williams primarily uses surface water, which has been made scarce by the dry winter."
However, the situation may not be so much related to the dry winter as much as the development of the town as a bedroom community for Flagstaff, Arizona ... Hinting toward the idea that there are no natural disasters, only social ills, leading to human catastrophes where life is lost and property is damaged ... Read More