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Plumbing: an infrastructure 

Of pipes and faucets, valves,

Pressure, flow, 

Intake and outlets. 

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I wanted to fix it. I wanted 

To salve these leaks, 

Cracks and fissures, 

Violent outbursts, 

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Sudden, incomprehensible floods.

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I devoted my life towards fixing it -

If not the whole, than at least 

The one, small corner 

That might bend to my efforts.

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But, 

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These are not problems that a single person can readily solve;

They are not scalable - always, where there is one

You will have to account

For many.   

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Learning to make peace

With problems we cannot fix,

Is the new challenge,

The new reconciliation.

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And only those that seek to make a difference

Suffer

From the recognition 

That there is no difference 

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that keeps. 

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