fiftysomething man
sits far away from the heat and drought
reads the Twitter post
from a young Wichita Falls Texas resident
about how the city is now known
for drinking recycled "pee water"
while waiting for rain
>
I thought Kevin Costner
consuming his own body fluids
in WATERWORLD
would always be science fiction,
muses the former Wichita Falls resident
>
imagining a young man
going to the Kemp Public Library
for a few hours of air-conditioned refuge
passing by the front door sign:
DON'T BRING YOUR GUNS IN HERE!
>
it wasn't exactly this way
when the fiftysomething man lived there
long long before the abundance of heat
and the lack of water
and the tax base shrinking
and the schools closing
and the Grand Old Party politicians
broadcasting and e-mailing
messages of hate and fear
plus appeals for campaign cash
from the relative comfort of Austin
>
seeding poisonous rain clouds
that the city of Wichita Falls--
whether you like it or not--
can certainly do without
as citizens wait and pray
for the real thing to come along
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