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Don't Drink the Water!
Have you heard of a recent disaster?
If not, let me give you a hint:
It has to do with polluted water
And a well-known Michigan city called Flint.
For a year and a half, state officials
Ignored complaints of contamination
And downplayed the possible dangers
That lead would have on the population.
As a cost-saving measure the leaders
Had switched up Flint's water supply
To the corrosive Flint River, causing
A problem that we cannot deny.
With no corrosion controls in place,
The water became poisoned with lead
That leached from pipes into the system
And made the water brownish red.
When officials--elected or state-appointed--
Brush aside people's complaints
And put children's lives in danger,
What an ugly picture that paints!
To cut costs, sometimes our leaders
Make a decision, often the wrong one.
Their great wisdom ultimately
Ends up costing us more in the long run.
(1-23-16)
If not, let me give you a hint:
It has to do with polluted water
And a well-known Michigan city called Flint.
For a year and a half, state officials
Ignored complaints of contamination
And downplayed the possible dangers
That lead would have on the population.
As a cost-saving measure the leaders
Had switched up Flint's water supply
To the corrosive Flint River, causing
A problem that we cannot deny.
With no corrosion controls in place,
The water became poisoned with lead
That leached from pipes into the system
And made the water brownish red.
When officials--elected or state-appointed--
Brush aside people's complaints
And put children's lives in danger,
What an ugly picture that paints!
To cut costs, sometimes our leaders
Make a decision, often the wrong one.
Their great wisdom ultimately
Ends up costing us more in the long run.
(1-23-16)
