TSL, 

Prompt 25 June 25 Drinking water given by Uiba Mangang

We people of the mountains 

Had voted “ no fluoride “ 

The city council against 

The popular vote 

Already the town water

Was chemically treated with chlorine 

Decided to go with fluoridation.

So we found ourselves

On water trips

Collecting containers 

Driving deep in the mountains

To get to a stone trough 

A water trough covered in moss

Fed by a natural spring

On the side of the road

Built in the earlier period 

For the bullocks to be watered 

On their trip to the next valley

Waited in line, we did,

To get get access to the water

As it was a  well known spot

To the grey nomads

And the odd hippies passing by

Water we collected 

And turned back home

To make the best cuppa

This side of the mountains

As nothing beats

Pure drinking water.

Lucette C. Bailliet 

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