Water
There is someone right now who is
Studying how to seed clouds with rain.
Another is researching how
To desalinate seawater.
Migrants are dying of thirst in the desert.
Children are growing up
Having never played in the rain.
Sprinklers are wagging back and forth
Over the lawns and golf courses of Phoenix
Like the heads of people in pain.
No one points out their rainbows to another.
Lake Mead is lower than it has ever been.
Bodies are being found.
The murders happened
So long ago the murderers are dead.
Someone is coming up with a theory.
Someone else is making dire predictions.
Have you noticed how it seems
No one looks up at the sky anymore?