I wish I could warn you about the Salton sea Of its panicked shores Of bottomfeeders Topside once more It's stenched coasts Lush green migraines and migration Boasting of the lives & liberty cost Drowning in the murk of men’s habitual need To improve upon ruination
I wish I could caution you to an endorheic basin Of its perennial purpose Of many fertile farms Impregnated by men & their desire to quench desire It is a natural **** It is buried deep in the salinity of quest & reason Give them structure from which to exalt Give yourself a ******* Working the cracks and the cross of concrete which is potholed & pitted
I wish I could show you a river valley ahead of it’s time Of its eventual need to exist Of dependent mockingbirds & cattled egrets An uneven ***** on which mother colorado rests your beleaguered complaints Drink up while it lasts A memorandum to a family That dried up the poisoned well
I wish we could fall to our knees We don’t We raise our hands to the sky Take me dear lord But first Let me take a selfie Let me edit my life Let me apply a filter over this endless malcontent & then when it isn’t enough Let me blame you