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Water Cycle
I sit eating my pre-packaged breakfast
It is all I had time for
underneath a planted pine
beside a man-made waterfall
I forget I'm staring at concrete
as water whispers loud in my ears
I sip my soda
envious of the water flow
drinking leaf and sand
drinking itself
always drinking
always being swallowed
we confine it to a fountain
reduce, reuse, recycle they say
but reduce?
we pay a cost for water
out here in the west
I come from Michigan
Home of the Great Lakes
only now a relevant consideration
It's 15 minutes to class
as I contemplate poor choices
