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 …
