I used to be a river Now there’s only dirt My gurgling course was life then Now I die of thirst     I hurtled across desert lands Painting a blooming landscape Barren lies my bed now Not a thorn forth to spring     I bred a billion children Feeding them the milk of life Wounded they leave my womb now Not a saviour among     I cried with every concrete block They built upon my fertile […]

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