oil slick sludge chokes the throat of the bayou
coast guard uses dispersants, sub-atomic
killing beads ingested even by phytoplankton
nothing is spared
fury bubbles thick in chest, bitter crude
oily aftertaste
we all go the way of the dodo
lies and cover-ups, quick, kill the canary
the oil is GONE they say
emasculated motorists with monster trucks
swallow it hook line and sinker
but there's no fish anymore, nor krill
unpolluted by the biggest kill
oil swill gusher, no lil' spill,
more lies, time bomb ticking
ocean floor might blow
quit dicking around time's up
want to look away
images burned onto brain
suffocating birds, sea turtles,
viscous brown sludge-stink oil-covered
innocents,
their eyes say it all
blink bewilderment, if they can blink at all,
show slow pain of asphyxiation
victims
of mankind's petulant temper-tantrum
gimme gimme
drill baby drill
stab the earth eight miles low
how low can you go
multiple stab wounds
looks fatal
rape her
take her cooling lubricant
shove filthy water in her wounds
temperature rising
pressure cooker steam shriek
gonna explode
shift the poles
blow us all off the axis
to kingdom come, no rapture
only slow suffering, death, outrage, grief
unrefined
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