The pipes are leaching lead.
Heavy metal has bound itself
to the body parts of children
and will never let go —
thousands of lives damaged
by the same eternal problem
that will be blandly avoided
until it visits our neighborhood.
Eric Stephenson served in Alpha Company, 2/75th Ranger Battalion from 1982 to 1987. He has taught English at various colleges and universities since 1998 and is the publisher and editor-in-chief of US Represented, as well as a contributing writer.
Alice Randall drove along a desolate road amid the soaked barren wheat fields of northern Kansas. Stands of bare trees separated neighboring properties. Every so…
