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Mumbai exhortation

Nowhere safe

for women to pee in Mumbai;

even the men fighting for their basic rights,

but the women

afraid to drink water

because they have no access to relief.

Surely even lush feisty girls

will wither,

lose their will to fight and grow and nurture,

dried out in the heat,

ignoring their own urgency.

All this wireless flow,

new capacities to understand,

deep layers of science and perception

opening vistas of possibility…

we need real shovels,

real water,

sustainable circles for sharing our power,

wind and sun delivering

more than inspiration.

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