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down the drain

i hear the water running
what a waste
it sounds like Lake Michigan
going down the drain


(edited version for the 07/06/09 Show One Acts:

Down the Drain

(edited 06/02/09)

as I wait for the bus
i hear water running
what’s that from?
it’s not the Chicago River
it’s running water
like pouring out a water bottle
like water running
in an abandoned sink in a bar
what a waste
it sounds like Lake Michigan
going down the drain


(edited version for the 10/04/11 Show
for “Chicago Calling” at the Café:

Down the Drain

(edited 10/04/11)

i hear the water running
what a waste
it sounds like...
the Orange River, in South Africa?
the Wolf River, in Tennessee?
the Cuyahoga River in Ohio?
no...
it sounds like Lake Michigan
going down the drain


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the book Oeuvre the 2007 cc&d v171.5 book Living in Chaos, with material from Janet Kuypers