Tony Ogunlowo - When Oil Spills

An explosion
a rupture
....oil spills


Like the Rivers Of Hades
the black sludge spreads forth
consuming all in its path.

Our marine animal friends
are smothered and die,
even birds
can't lift their oil-clogged
wings
and fly away.

Our once golden beaches
become black murky bogs
reeking of death and dsetruction
inaccessible to eveyone.


Fishermen have had to
hang up their nets
and hope and pray
the waters will become
clear again
and they can
push out their boats
and fish again.

And when oil spills
who do we have to blame?
The company that drills
the earth
to suck out the oil?
Or,
ourselves
for our our insatiable
greed and consumption
of natural resources
that can't be replenished.

Tony Ogunlowo

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