Water
Ray Zimmerman
Published 2013
Look through our disguise.
Find we are water.
Spread us thin and cast
for trout among rogue molecules,
deuterium laced water
Distill us and build a bomb,
aided by that heavy water.
Trap us behind dams
generate power
as we fall homeward.
Use us to polish silver.
Expiate every blemish.
Leave a shine.
Sail hard to leeward
on liquid, once part of a star.
Drink us down
when you finish Pilates
You too are water,
at least 98 percent, and
not enough to go around.
Ray Zimmerman
Published 2013
Look through our disguise.
Find we are water.
Spread us thin and cast
for trout among rogue molecules,
deuterium laced water
Distill us and build a bomb,
aided by that heavy water.
Trap us behind dams
generate power
as we fall homeward.
Use us to polish silver.
Expiate every blemish.
Leave a shine.
Sail hard to leeward
on liquid, once part of a star.
Drink us down
when you finish Pilates
You too are water,
at least 98 percent, and
not enough to go around.
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