Thirst Comes First

THIRST COMES FIRST The year 2035, The queue two thousand long, Could the old survive, And be strong, Could the young stand Enough before their little Legs caved in whilst holding Dad’s hand, Who already had a baby In the other arm, And mom pregnant, no maybe Quite certain! What are these desperate People doing, Why this long queue? Thousands standing, Not just a few. They want water to drink, Of nothing else Can they think! A Water tanks arrives, And chaos erupts, Please we are thirsty, Help us survive. Thousand push and more And even more, The tank topples, Its containers burst, No more queue, No matter who was first! The cracked hot ground, Quickly absorbs this Precious, life giving Water, no longer To be given or found. So the people start, Another queue, the weak Drop down dead, Others go crazy, But one finds a leak Dripping from the fallen truck, Others push him away, A stampede starts All trying to suck, From this tiny drip. Another water truck arrives, And the same begins This time they bring Out knives And kill all in their way, Life on earth has become hell, Without water they Will not live another day. So to avert such a disaster, Use water sparingly, For we will most Definitely have to share, Don’t be unfeeling And greedy, Just use enough , And what is fair!