WATER

 Jam a dam into a valley.

This edifice gives an illusion of control.

The water rises behind the dam

A lake expands.

Apparently water obeys

Our concrete and steel commands.

Land is drowned

Because experts think

This is how our cities will drink.

And enslaved water will wash away

Skin detritus, shit, piss, soapsuds and more

Again and again and again and again

Through the prisons we have made for it

Sewers, conduits, gutters, canals and drains.

Until the day when  water rebels

And washes us all away.