Poem - Calamity

Caused by the greed of man
The insatiable desire for profit
At any cost

Millions of gallons of oil
Flowing
Oozing
Seeping
Toward the pristine marshes
Along the Louisiana coastline

BP talks
The US Government talks
The media tries to explain
A golden chain of deceit stretches from one corporate
Boardroom to the next;
The best lawyers in the land seek
To minimize the damage;
PR flacks spin like ice dancers

The oil keeps flowing
But even staring down disaster
The oil barons seek to drill and pump and destroy
And our cowardly government can’t say no

The barons and the government regulators
Have slept in the same bed for too long

We the People and our planet
Are treated like pawns
In their great game