This is an interesting piece. I liked the vivid imagery. The first two stanzas evoke a feeling of helplessness to nature's seemingly random choices. The water becomes an unwelcome visitor dispite its charms.

The mountain mud makes a pretty picture
But in the kitchen I couldn't swim there

This stanza is a little awkward to me, but that's why I like it. It's interesting. It makes me think. The humor inherent in thinking of swimming in a kitchen helps to give the poem a tone of preservance through trial. I like it.

A mom doesn't work
Get a bucket
scoop it out with a dust pan

Here is another example of awkward imagery that is effective because of its strangeness. I wonder why a mom doesn't work. What is being said? Is it that a mom would usually work, but in this instance the mess is even too much for someone so competent? Intriguing.

One thing that was a little too awkward was the line.

But this river so merky

I'm not sure if it is a misspelling of murky, or if something more is attempting to be said. I looked up the word in the urban dictionary and the definition kind of fit, so it is possible that it isn't a misspelling. The urban dictionary defines merky this way: adj. used to describe a disgusting or nasty person. This, if taken in context with the description of what the proverb has to say about corrupt leaders got me thinking. Maybe it was intentional?

Regardless, I had a lot of fun with this poem and the description of the mess and the muddy children. Lol. 😎