Dilemma

Fed by a ceaseless downpour The river was in eruptive spate The dam they said can’t take anymore It must be opened the lock gate. Open the lock gate and save the dam Before it crumbles by the mighty force But what of them on the riverside goddamn For them lies what recourse? The dam can come down any moment As the raging waters fast mount What about the millions on it spent The loss would be immense without count. But then for saving it if the river is let free The settlements on its sides would go Unleashed waters would cause misery Villages would be washed away with the flow. What happens in the end you guessed it right The lock gate was opened to save the dam Surely more than the poor villagers’ plight The dam had to be saved goddamn.