The sweet smell

[Yoyoma1910]

Waves rise high, then fall low.
We are used to this, I know.
We have weathered them all,
The dikes did not fall.
But some waves are too great,
And dam has to break.
And if things keep going at this rate,
That, I fear, is our fate.

Uh I'm from New Orleans. The Dykes did fall. They fall all the time.