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III
Chalchihuitlicue
mistress of the rain is crying
oil chokes the orca and acid
bleaches the coral reef
roads are washed away
and cities are flooded
but in the desert a child walks
ten miles for a bottle of dirty water
step up she says
you can do better
you must do better
iv
!urisis is dreaming inside the tree
there are no bullies here or fights
there is no rape or racism or greed
only the green silk of leaves
and stillness rising like sap