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In nine beats, 5 + 4.

The rhyme scheme is intricate.

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All day I've faced
the barren waste
without a taste
of water: cool, clear water.

Old Dan and I
with throats burned dry
and souls that sigh
for water: cool, clear water.

The shadows sway
and seem to say
tonight we pray
for water: cool, clear water.

And way up there
he'll hear our prayer
and show us where
there's water: cool, clear water.

The nights are cool
and I'm a fool:
each star's a pool
of water: cool, clear water.

And with the dawn
I'll wake and yawn
and carry on
for water: cool, clear water.

Keep a-moving, Dan
Don't you listen to him, Dan:
he's a devil, not a man
and he spreads the burning sands
with water: cool, clear water.

Say, Dan, can't you see
that big green tree
it's waiting there for you and me
and water: cool, clear water.

Dan's feet are sore
he's yearning for
just one thing more
than water: cool, clear water.

Like me I guess
he'd like to rest
where there's no quest
for water: cool, clear water.

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from MY INNER REDNECK: Country Visits the World, released December 15, 2014
by Bob Nolan.

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Tom Ross Colorado Springs, Colorado

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As E Dickinson says:

Nature is what we know
but have no art to say
so impotent our wisdom is
to her simplicity

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