Only the Water

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 for the stolen water, lands, and lives of Hawaiʻi, and especially those of Lahaina

 

to divert, to steal, to hoard,
to pollute, to contaminate

to leak fuel   into
to seep forever
chemicals    into

to fill
freshwater springs
with concrete

 

how you end
the underground    artery end
stream flow end    estuary end
nursery end       drink end
free end      sacred end
muliwai end    sweet end
breath     end

 

only the water
for forty …

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