The world bank in America decided the poor of the world must pay for water. But water sources are drying up, lakes and rivers turning into deserts.

Man cannot live by bread alone
Water is more precious than gold
Balance between life and death.

Global warming bakes dry
Streams, rivers, lakes, and melts glaciers
Turning forests into desert.

Crops fail and animals die
Africa and South America are in peril
With villages becoming cemeteries.

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Colin Ian Jeffery

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