Fresh Water Exploitation (Water Crisis in Flint, MI and Other Cities and States)

Lead has tainted
Nature’s vitality.
Money drained away
Faucets tap fool’s gold
Corrosive reservoir water
Sold to our families.
Bottled water is tethered
To our sides.
Failure strangles the State,
Failure strangles the EPA,
Failure strangles Capitol Hill.
Who is responsible
For the lead
Leaching into our lives?
Our children’s blood
Flow with poison
Diamond minds drift
Toward the dark side
Of the moon.
Lunacy and brain death
Illumine evidence
Of exploitation
Buried deep in the past.
Land by the Lakes
Imprisoned by profit,
Budget plowing eroded
Fertile life into
Destitute dust bowl.

In the country
Promising opportunity
Our voices drowned,
Our well being ignored
Liberty and justice
Hidden like the fabled
Pot of gold
We found- Apocalypse Now
The chilly winds blow
Gil Scott-Heron’s
Ghost howls
“Who will pay
Reparations on our souls?”

Reviews

[Dave Ellis]

Great work! There's a nice "force" in this, nice to feel.
:)