fitting

Hullo.  No, I do think you are exceptionally important.
human civilization has always followed the rivers
and cried when the rivers flooded or shrank.
we need the water, please.
Hullo?  You are exceptionally important!   Please don't.
I need your water
in an effort to seem thinner in the mirror, you sucked it in
well when I look into a river I see myself and the bottom too
Hullo!  Sorry, I can't hear above the roar. 
the other one, when the rains come in the mountain, turn a muddy brown and there is water all over.
sometimes that's necessary for the ecosystem
but the civilization makes nice dams as well. 
actually, not nice.
"I was just kidding."  I am a bad joker- slurp!  No, I am funny- whoosh! 
I want a quiet rumble, a gigantic trickle.
Willowy lady, stepping one foot in front of the other with a pot on your head
you are a river as well as I
you fit your banks
do not parch us all. The ground beneath your feet gives a little as you run over it
little boy, squish squish. We all need water and banks.
fit.