Water Bottles Under Cover

Summer is here. No. I’m not complaining because I live in a place where -30 degrees is mild winter. Because of the heat, there are water bottles everywhere: back packs, bicycles, jogging waistbands, games in the park, long walks along the river, boats and of course, the car.

What’s in a water bottle? Water of course. We don’t want to be dehydrated, but this water comes in different colours. It might be iced tea or some glucose drink. Very interesting colours. Anyway, it is still water right? It’s also very private. The water police cannot come and say: Maam, may I have a taste of your water please?

Kids also have their water bottles and we can safely assume it’s pure water. We are not in any way insinuating that adult water bottles carry pseudo- water. Canada and America are clutch nations. They are always clutching coffee cups morning and night. It is not in our place to doubt the liquid inside.

I realized recently, that some coffee makes people flushed in the face and stumble a bit. It’s coffee under cover. But that is no reason to doubt that what is in water bottles this summer, is water.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.