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POEM
The liquid of life
levi@tafari.freeserve.co.uk
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Levi Tafari can be viewed performing this poem on the JECH web site at: http://www.jech.com/misc/poems.shtml with children from Windsor Street School in Liverpool, UK. The Editors would like to thank Windsor Street School and National Museums Liverpool (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk) for their help with the filming of this performance.
Nowadays our water
don’t taste like it oughta
we have polluted the sea
and contaminated rivers
I really think it vital
for human survival
to keep water pure and clean
in a state that is natural.
A gift from JAH this element
is something we should treasure
but man destroys everything
destruction brings him pleasure
drink thereof and quench your thirst
to humans this is natural
but men abuse the waterways
and this is suicidal.
Factories dump toxic waste
and this is far from clever
whenever they are confronted
they will tell you that they never
pipes are made of lead
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