the traveller marveled at those swimming at the lake of human rights
they swam against all the odds -- their gallantry too awesome to fathom
the bottomless lake was choking with corrosive dirt and inhuman odour
the shocked visitor caught sight of kidnapping snakes and sharks of ruin
he wondered about the whereabouts of the big fish of justice and peace
and whose overall responsibility was it to ensure the safety of the swimmers?
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