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3) FROM FROG HAVEN TO NIGHTMARE Back at UCSC's beginning When water tanks first marched up the mountain, Clever types soon discovered That turning the water on and off Up at the top of the mountain Would do spectacular things To the gaskets in the plumbing Down near the bottom of the mountain. To prove to themselves that they had such power They did it over and over again. All that got old and years went by. It was time to go on to things much bigger. Speculation was That, if all the water >From merely a passing shower Were dumped into the mountain’s plumbing, The likelihood was That gaskets could get blown In the very mountain’s plumbing. It happened. Did it ever! And one of the places the mountain blew a gasket Was right beneath one of froggie’s best ponds. It’s far worse than that. If froggie now goes hopping up the stream bed (Of the stream that used to flow all summer), A great flood of water Is likely to come down the dry canyon (From all the parking lots and rooftops) And flush him down the hole. How many universities have you seen With something like Frog Haven— Complete with federally protected frogs— Right on their very own campus— Right when froggies all over the world Are in the news? How many universities do you know That would ruin froggie’s pond And not do a thing to fix it? How many universities do you know That would flush protected froggies Down a dark terror hole? |
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