Aqua-Mari

Mari Copeny is on gofundme (visit website) raising
money to purchase water filters for folks in
her hometown of Flint.

In downtown Flint,

Lives Little Miss Flint.

Her face is set like flint

And in her eyes lives a caring glint.

She takes on a daring mission

By a personal constitution.

A legit million dollar baby,

Bearing the weight of a community

On a tiny shoulder

That would shatter a boulder.

She understands water

Is essential to living

Yet hygienic water

Is not accessible to many

In her forgotten community.

Truth is

Access to potable water

Is smackdown human right.

One man deprived

His water rights

Is all men denied

Their basic rights.

Now relate that imagery

To an entire community

Exposed to diverse disease

Cause their water source ceased

To produce anything but grease.

This is the business

Mari Copeny's standing witness,

Giving her Widow's Mite

And she sends you an invite

In Flint's darkest night,

Will you lend your little light?

Akpan