starts with a fire
explosion in air
people die
can't be found
rig collapse
into the deep
a mile or more
bubbling crude
rising to surface
slow death
fish birds jobs
shut off none
months to recover
food gone
save what we can
earth be damned
all about
the money
drill
baby
drill
sounds hollow
now
doesn't it
oil
and
water
don't
mix
3 comments:
This is really one of your finest pieces, Roy. I LOVE that you used "bubbling crude", but it gives away your age (and mine too, since I get the reference). ha ha
Now you need to write one about the real catastrophe: BP.
Kat
Poetikat
Thank you. Yes, the bubbling crude was an old reference. What we did not realize was the land being damaged back then. My thoughts swirl around me. I await their landing on my keyboard.
Thank you.
P.S.
It's Ray, not Roy.
Poetikat
I admire your work and your compliments mean a lot to me.
thank you.
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