Do not waste The food on your plate
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Never mind
It adds
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To your obesity
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Why not train
Them
To take
Less
On their plate
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They can
Always take
A second helping
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Children told
Not to waste
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While brushing teeth
On the tap
Only
When you need
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For a bath
Use a bucket
Do not shower
Do not waste
Water
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We feel good
We’re doing
Our bit
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What about
The water
That flows
In the city
Into the drains
Into the sea
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The miniscule
Is harvested
Flows into wells
Or tanks
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The rest
Wasted
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Then in the mountains
The source oh the water
No tanks built
To contain it
So the water
Flows
Down the slopes
Into the sea
Leaving
The mountain
High and dry
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And the people
Parched
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What about
The compounds
Made of concrete
Not letting
The water seep
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How many buildings
How many buildings
Recharge
The water
How many
Let go
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The drains
Overflowing
And flooding
The streets
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A few
They have
Underground
Tanks
To store the water
That falls
On their terraces
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The pretty plants
In the compound
In the little
Mud we have
Not yielding fruit
Or vegetable
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Couldn’t we
Use that space
For ourselves
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Our kitchen
Garden
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They will steal
They will take
The fruit
Of our labour
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Does it matter
Let someone
Eat
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That’s what
My mother said
When she
Planted
Her papaya
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The water flowing
From the overflow
Of the tank
Overhead
Watering it
In fertile mud
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The watchmen
They are happy
To get
Organic fruit
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Nature’s given
The fertile mud
The flowing water
She says
Do not waste
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