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Ground water moves very slowly. |
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While water at surface can be measured in meters per second, the ground water will more likely be measured in meters per year! |
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Contamination of the ground water causes severe damage for a very long time. |
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Despite this, military and nuclear industry constantly pollutes large areas of ground water - in times of peace. |
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I've always loved the sound of rain |
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Touching so softly my windowpane |
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And then the scent of dew at dawn |
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Coming to greet me from my moist lawn ...home... [D. Gildenlow] |
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I always took it for granted |
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I never valued the drops |
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I shed I failed to see the relation |
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Between my self and world starvation [D. Gildenlow] |
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Water's for the chosen |
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But how come we expect us to be those few... ...me and you? [In this hot, desolate timeglass I met this man, wearing a worn old flyer's cap. Every day he had to dig 10 feet down for his daily ration of water - one poor gallon. And so he did - singing while doing it!] 10 feet of sand for the thirst |
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But he gave me half of what he was given for a day |
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All for thirst and sanity use |
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While we use up hundred times more: |
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What do we do with it? |
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Pipes and bathtubs, sprinklers and fountains! |
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Freshwater used as a dump for oil and nuclear waste! "Desert people turns humble" he said |
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They know what they have |
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But do they know what they lose when we flush? [But yet, sadly, he looked up to me. Felt a need for our greed: our "freedom". Said all he really wanted was a car and a radio. He too failed to see the relation ...between our lives...and his starvation] |
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Water's for the chosen |
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Water's for the few |
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Life is for the chosen |
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But only if we believe it to be true...but we do! (But I'm through!) |
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I've always loved the sound of rain... |