Black Red and Empty

Clear Water 
From plastic bottles,
Wrapped in plastic sheets,
Written on with white plastic paint,
By plastic keyboards.

Black River,
From plastic cities,
Wrapped in plastic sheets,
Written on with black plastic paint,
By plastic condolences.

Clear Water,
To sanitized hands,
Washed of blood and remorse.
Protector of dirt, disease and fear,
Through transparent righteousness.

Red River,
To folded hands,
Bathed during the crossfire
Of bright Saffron, Green, Gold and Blue
Through murky anonymity.

Clear Water
That promised to flow
From sky to trees to earth
Swirled into
Its black hole.

Empty River,
That stood still,
With bones, fossils and mud
Never before
So completely clear.