Monday, January 13, 2014

Oil's Impact Poem - P#6

Oil, so many ways to reference your impact on us,

Fuel, lubrication, cosmetics, plastics, power and influence.

All from a neutral, non-polar chemical substance, viscous liquid,

That is hydrophobic, immiscible with water or water fearing,

I take you for granted when I am in my car steering.

Drip, Drip, Drip.
 
 

As my engine hums, and my car roars down the highway,

I wonder why we have not found an alternative renewable.

If we ran out of you tomorrow, would parting be sweet sorrow?

Time ticks away as each day we fill the air with carbon dioxide,

The suns’ radiation cooks our planet hotter and hotter.

Drip, Drip.

 

Our environment suffers, our world seems dirty, full of filth.

Accidents happen, to err is human, forgiveness divine. 

Animals, aquatic beings and beaches, once sublime,

Until disaster, oil spills like Deepwater Horizon make us think,

Oil, gasoline, and fuel at what price, to fill up my tank?
 
Drip, Drop. Stop.

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