Heatwave

No water doth now flowPhoto of dry riverbed at Ashton Keynes Where the river did go And some of the seeds sown Just simply have not grown Remember when we’d seen Lawns full of grass, t’was green But at them now we frown For they have all turned brown Some roads that we have crossed Have tar that’s very soft Cats under cars are laid There they are seeking shade What else has met its fate In these temperatures so great?

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