Save waterChildren told
While brushing
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Don’t use the shower
The bucket
Environment friendly
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What about
The water
That flows
Into the drains into
The sea
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A little
Is harvested
The rest
Wasted
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Then in the mountains
The source oh the water
No tanks built
To contain it
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So the water
Flows
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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
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Not letting
The water seep
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How many buildings
Recharge
The water
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How many
Let it flow
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The drains
Overflowing
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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
Atleast
That’s what
My mother said
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When she
Planted
Her papaya plant
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The water flowing
From the overflow
Of the tank
Overhead
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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
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Do not waste
Now the papaya
Leaves
Pulled out by people
Seeking relief
From dengue
Leaves
Pulled out by people
Seeking relief
From dengue
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It’s medicinal
It’s medicinal
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As for me
An artificial plant
In my house
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Beautiful
With pretty
Flowers
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Looks real
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It needs
No soil
No watering
No sunlight
No manure
It’s perfect
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It bears no fruit
No oxygen
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But then
It’s perfect
I’m saving water
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