All Across the U.S.A.
Well, all across the U.S.A.
you can hear the people Say,
“There’s so much algae in our lake.
When l swim l take a rake,
and when it stinks to high heaven,
it ain’t for heaven’s sake. PU.!!
Yes, the fish swim belly up,
and if you put some
of that lake in your cup
and drank it,
you’d feel that way too.”
Farmers in the country,
homeowners in suburbs,
lose topsoil and fertilizer
in streams and over curbs.
but if they can’t, they’ll face it
with their claws open wide, open wide.
Go to the salt marsh, and you will find
crabs all around in the grassy brine
and the mud underground. And if you get close,
the crab will spot you with his extended eyes.
then he’ll start to move as you realize that he’s…