I took the last good glass from the cupboard. Not plastic, not a mug. A real glass, thin and clear. I held it under the tap and waited ten minutes for a single inch of murky water to collect at the bottom. I lifted it to my lips. I did not drink.
For farmers, a parched field is a financial funeral. Corn, wheat, and soybeans require specific soil moisture levels to uptake nutrients. When the ground becomes parched, the roots cannot absorb phosphorus or nitrogen, even if the fertilizer is present. The plants starve to death in wet-looking dirt, surrounded by water they cannot drink because the capillary action has been broken. Parched
: Linguistically, "parched" is an adjective describing something extremely dry, typically earth or crops, or a person feeling intensely thirsty. National Geographic for the film, or perhaps a for one of the parched dishes mentioned? I took the last good glass from the cupboard