At the Y

a woman tells me she was visiting
West Virginia where those toxic chemicals
were spilled into the river.
She said that authorities told her
the water is just fine now.
You can drink it, you can bathe in it,
you can do anything you want in it.

I will if you will, she said she said.


Another woman said they were only now
trying that gas-man
who dumped fracking-fluid
into the Mahoning River last year.
I thought he was already in jail,
she said, but then I found out
they were trying the guy
who told on him.
They always take out the tattlers first.