New Orleans Disaster

 I would love a levee, 
     but I would not live near
     the structure if I feared
 it might fail and kill me.

 Where's the city planner
     who conceived this hell trap? 
     How could he read a map
 and let people live there?


     Alternate Version

 I will love a levee, 
     but I would not live near
     a structure that I'd fear
 might fail and then kill me.

 Where's the city planner
     who conceived this hell trap? 
     How could he read a map
 and let people live there?