None of That City Water For Them
None of that City Water for Them
By Elton Camp
We have friends who tap water won’t drink
They complain about both its taste and stink
Instead of using the public water supply
To get it from a spring or well they try
The spring on the edge of town many thrill
They don’t see the septic tanks on the hill
Some spend to have their own well drilled
From it, keep their drinking vessels filled
But it hasn’t been treated with chlorine
The danger of that they haven’t yet seen
The neighbor’s hog pen they don’t see
Nor when his sons go outside to pee
Now I prefer what comes out of the pipe
For I have found no reason at all to gripe
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2012
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