If the World Is Without
In a world without flowers.
In a world without red pandas.
In a world without turtles.
In a world without owls.
In a world without salamanders.
In a world without songbirds.
In a world without weasels.
In a world without moles.
The world would be like
we don’t have a spine or bones.
The world would be like a movie
that doesn’t show pictures.
The world would be like a king
that doesn’t have a chair.
Think about a world
that does not have clean water.
Think about a world
that does not have a king and queen.
What’s a bee without flowers?
What’s a person without food and something to drink?
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A World without Clean Water
A world without clean water
would be like
a pencil with no led
a pencil box with no pencils in it
Mr. Pete without poetry for us
or us without our moms
(we wouldn’t be here right now).