I Love That Dirty Water! (The Standells) Poem by Joe Rosochacki

The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
Eve of Destruction-- Barry McGuire

The Standells sang about the dirty water in the Charles River in Boston

Well I love that dirty water
Oh, Boston you're my home
Oh, you're the number one place
(1966)
(This observation is not about a soulful, cut time, melodious affirmation about the singer's affinity to polluted water in Massachusetts. However, it is about a river who Christians, Jews and Muslims hold very dear in their hearts.)

Well maybe the Jordan River is not a aqueous cemetery
But if you drink the water,
even touch the water- let alone be baptized,
You could be in trouble,
the water is polluted,
That should make you leery
It appears that the population is going up
And the water level is going down,
In that geographical region
Many turds of goats
or donkeys
or humans are washed away by rain
or by flushing*
-eventually ends in Jordan River
Not to mention the pesticides and fertilizer
That should makes you quiver.

St. John, if you were alive today,
Then you would not make it though a year**
Baptizing people in the Jordan River

Instead people being baptized in Jordan River water
They should possibly get baptized in more purer fluid,
Like Aquafina, Dasani, or wine, soda, liquor, or beer.

5-10-10

Israeli-controlled side of the site, Gidon Bromberg, of Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) , talks about the dangers.

*'In the middle of the desert we continue to flush our toilets with fresh water rather than using gray water (water that has been used for washing dishes or showering) , and we continue to grow tropical fruits for export, ' Bromberg told AOL. 'We can do much better in reducing water loss, and we need to treat and reuse all of the sewage water that we produce.'

** 'If you drink the water, you're likely to get diarrhea or stomach problems, and if you have a cut, you will probably get a rash. Israel bans people from being baptized here, and the Jordanians advise against it, but it's still hard to stop people.'

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