"First, Do No Harm" (follow-up to "Beyond All Measure")

Supplementary links:

1)  "Has Anyone Asked the Fish?" ("Daisies and Vinegar" post, Thursday, 6/21/12)

2)  "Water (General Info and River Shannon)" - information tab of research links, continually updated*


Original:  "Beyond All Measure" (6/8/12)

Beyond All Measure*

*Dedicated to all who are trying to save the River Shannon.

Threads dangling,

God's river hanging

on the words of a committee --

flimsy plans, such a pity! 

If they'd only listen to the 

men of the river -- 

algal blooms to make one shiver

will spread with Nature's cry suppressed

as city men of means, well-dressed,

seize water from the country folk,

around their necks place Dublin's yoke,

and watch the Shannon bleed her treasure

beyond all man-made, reckless measure.

Links:
1)  River Shannon Protection Alliance: "Why we say the Dublin Region Water Supply Project is a bad scheme" (October 26, 2011) 
2)  The Midland Tribune - News (June 7, 2012) - "Councillors Opposed To Pumping Water To Dublin"

Fine Line

We see and don't always say what we see,

for charity is a delicate veil

that prudence must sometimes mend,

although the veil can sometimes wear

so very thin,

prudence feels almost like a 

lie.