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Poem in response to Clean Water and Sanitation
June 2018

Ache/longing/thirst

By Karen Wu
CC Image Courtesy of Matthew Peoples

Water.

I need water

But what can I do?

There is no water

I want to scream

But my throat is like sand

The thirst is like a monster,

Running rampage


Everything is spinning

My mind can barely hold on

But even then

It still desperately yearns for

Water.

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