Aquifer

I've heard that the water here will run dry around 2017 I wrote an essay back in 87 about fresh water I was quite young to have any inclinations about the importance Water would have in the near future I saw a man pouring out his liter bottle onto the ground He had this look of disgust as though it had gone bad I couldn't help but to wonder why not pour it onto something living Rather than the sidewalk We have been operating in automaton mode for too long Too comfortable to question one's personal culpability As people in countries not far away Drink contaminated spill-off from our thoughtlessness What good is a house made of gold if there is no water to be had In a quixotic fashion Many trust that our scientists will find a solution Such as desalinizing the ocean or filtering polluted rivers Which are possible with one exception The ridiculous platform of how expensive it will be To bring these ideas into fruition Meanwhile landfills are overflowing with empty spring water bottles And people living in the desert water their plush grass in the middle of the day My deep concern lies with the children I hope that our recklessness won't create an atmosphere Of pure survival mode for them An arena of mayhem based on the two element molecule we forget to nuture