Complaint

Complaint

A Poem by Earl Schumacker
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Observations on wet and dry

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Complaint



Preface: There is entirely too much water being consumed. People should be satisfied with thirst and being dry. People should think about desert sand, romancing dunes and bleached bones in repose.


People become inflated with hydration

Leaving the faucet on, mouth wide open

Under the deluge of flowing water spouts

Every drop is counted against humanity

Wasted on the tongues of one another

Walking around like sacks of fat fluidity

Carbon units of wet are most insidious


Something is wrong when not forgotten

Hydration is the sin of water intake

Who forgot to turn it off​ ?


The sum worth of oceans is in their taste

Is salt not dry? Is it the flavor of the day?

Parched deserts are void of water with no shame

Under the sun there is no shade to hide

Only heat and land flow open on tomorrow


Being porous is a crime

This condition is not a state of holiness

Leakage is a sin against humanity

People who drink will leak

Will sink in perpetuity to new depths

Oceans of debt will swallow them whole

They rise to levels with high tides to float

To their horizons saturated in their homes

Where will they go?


Fluid intake is a compromise to thirst

Weighs heavy on the bladder of the sinner

People who take leaks on lawns

Should be arrested and pay fines

Urination is not the nation I had in mind

It should be a crime

Such actions are not civilized

There is nothing wrong with being dry

From what I can surmise


© 2019 Earl Schumacker


Author's Note

Earl Schumacker
I'm not going to tell you what to think. You are going to do that anyway.

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Added on December 4, 2019
Last Updated on December 4, 2019
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Earl Schumacker
Earl Schumacker

Atlantic City, NJ



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B.A. Degree in Literature and Language. I enjoy writing short stories, poetry, novels and keeping up with new scientific discoveries. I enjoy philosophy and Art appreciation. more..

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