{"id":2189,"date":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:13:21","slug":"no-money-in-saving-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/no-money-in-saving-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"No Money in Saving Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Drill
Drill for Water or for Oil?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The world in places a desert
\nWhere water does not flow,
\nWater flows down so deep
\nWhere no mere well drilling rig can go.<\/p>\n

Yet out at sea and over land,
\nFor which few men do toil,
\nFrom as deep and deeper still,
\nGreat big rigs drill for oil.<\/p>\n

Could we not adapt this technology
\nWith all our brains and hands…
\nTo stop the drought throughout the world
\nBuild these in desert sands?<\/p>\n

Or is the truth that to water the poor,
\nThere is no money to be made,
\nThey will not admit to it if asked,
\nBut that that is true, I am afraid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world in places a desert Where water does not flow, Water flows down so deep Where no mere well drilling rig can go. Yet out at sea and over land, For which few men do toil, From as deep and deeper still, Great big rigs drill for oil. Could …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[446,232],"tags":[2321,132,2322,2324,12,2320,2323,2325],"class_list":["post-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral","category-nature-2","tag-drilling","tag-fracking","tag-gas","tag-money","tag-nature","tag-oil","tag-petrol","tag-shell-oil","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-zj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1910,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-arid-earth\/","url_meta":{"origin":2189,"position":0},"title":"The Arid Earth","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The arid earth, the white man sees No water, reason of life And walks led by legend of inner sees Brings on all around strife Smites nature, and those who live On the bounty the white man cannot see Those who are not men but fauna By the white mans\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Nature"","block_context":{"text":"Nature","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/nature-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4942,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/from-mars-far-far-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":2189,"position":1},"title":"From Mars Far Far Away","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"20th February 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"From Mars, far far away A spaceship sent pictures today Of a distant planet in outerspace That could be a desert, or any place It seemed so odd, looked so queer It could as well be a quarry here The look for life, and finding none For signs of water\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "America"","block_context":{"text":"America","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/america\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mars image from the Perseverance Rover","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mars-image-from-the-Perseverance-Rover.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/well-of-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":2189,"position":2},"title":"Well of Life","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Our groundwater is the well we all drink from. 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