Drink up California
I say lift your glass high
and as you do look
the politicians in the eye
mismanaged this drought
this time around
not sure what you’ll find
if you run for high ground
Drink up California
I say lift up your glass
for your government
needs a kick in the (rhymes with glass)
the newest report
you can read it right here
Surgeon General states
“Drink your urine” – hear hear
Drink up California
you might want to lower your glass
find a new kind of water
cows* are chewing dead grass
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(*There is a new cattle urine collection system that provides “purified water)
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It’s such a tragedy, I wish things can be better.
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Its tragic and ridiculous. Californians know how to “do” droughts. However if you leave the spigots turned on in the North and South to water lawns then when water is needed for produce it cant be located 😦
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The general public has been sold down the dry river bed in CA by those elected to protect them…ah…money does more than talk.
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too bad you cant drink it!!!
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Oh this one should go in a local California magazine! The photo is stunning. And the poem could not be clearer.
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Ha. Thanks you’re sweet. This really was fun to write,
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Darn … love the tongue in cheek irony … too bad about California though.
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Oh and what an original cure for drought … Norwegian urine is probably better than polluted water anyway 😉
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I should think so…
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🙂 I came across this weird cure back in the 90s … though the idea then was you were supposed to drink your own urine as it had your antibodies etc. I’ve never tried it personally … a little off putting in my opinion.
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I know they blame the population but I think mismanaged is a better thing to blame.
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It’s easy to blame the population … but in the end, they’ve been elected to administer the population and if they don’t then we should accept the fact that we live in anarchy and not have to pay good money to keep them in style … just saying.
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Strongly stated and important to voice: Water is a crisis of today and the future.
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I think I will revert to wine before drinking the other… 🙂 and thanks
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This is your best ever! What is happening in California is a microcosm of what is to come around the world, not only regarding water, but also food sources as the flora and fauna adapt to changing conditions, while we stick our heads in the hardpan.
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Oh thanks. Fun to write though sad considering there really are places where there is nothing to drink let alone bathe in.
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a childs tongue
this taste of the parents
another sip
_m
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Ha and ughhhh
Can u imagine at the dinner table “pass the pee” rather than “pass the peas” ????
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Cali-folk have another reason to be p-&&ed!
Good word flow and a fine craft picture!
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yep especially for the un-represented Central Valley where 50-90 of the nation’s food came from!
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I better stop laughing the tears contain valuable agua!
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oh wait let me catch those…
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