Water,
water everywhere but not a drop to drink
Santa
Barbara is on a Stage III drought brink
Lawns
dead, pools empty, flowers wilt
At
least a desalinization plant already built
In
a modern day rain dance when the plant was fired up
The
skies opened and from the clouds a monsoon did erupt
For
16 years sitting idle in the Funk Zone
With
Santa Barbara now dry with the next rain unknown
Time
to spend 40 million for the plant to restart
Set
Santa Barbara from the rest of the drought a city apart
Before
the residents get ready to fill their pools and water their lawns
If
the Coastal Commission does not approve, the chance for water is long gone
Probably
more carbon from the plant to be released into the air
With
the eco-Greens infecting California, such an act would not square
But
if the ocean waters are in fact beginning to rise
Here
is a way to meet that unwelcome surprise
Build
along our coasts desalinization plants powered by nuclear power
Create
lakes on land of fresh water so never again are we at the whims of Mother
Nature’s lack of showers
© February 23,
2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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