Water, Water... Poem by James Hart

Water, water very where
Devon and Cornwall just
Can’t take any more

Water, water nowhere
When will this drought
Please leave us alone?

The first a very wet Britain
The second a very dry
Province of Buenos Aires

The first sees people
Drowning in water
The second suffocating in sand

But don’t blame God
He sends his rain on
The just and the unjust

He loves us all
Makes no distinction
Between worthy and unworthy

But why can’t he just
Even out the haves and
The have-nots?


JH 10/02/14