A children’s verse takes on a sinister tone when it’s tied to the irresponsible conduct of BP, the world’s 4th largest TNC, an organization which continues to feed us lies even as it becomes apparent that BP has perpetrated one of the worst environmental disasters in history. Even as the “top kill” procedure has failed, the lies continue: e.g. that the site is leaking 19,000 barrels of oil a day. Simple math can demonstrate why this number is ridiculously low. Hell, my garden hose could leak 350 barrels of oil a day. Try 95,000 barrels a day and no end in sight. This makes the Exxon Valdez disaster look like peeing in a swimming pool.
You can read the text of this poem in the June, 2010 issue of my Poem-a-month newsletter.
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June 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Scary enough when I read it to myself, chilling to hear you recite it. Thank you for that…