The government department of defense authorized a burn
of toxic chemicals from East Palestine train derailment
This created phosgene, Dioxins and deadly chemicals combined
This all traveled with weather systems and proven with testing
Many times, I speak of this because it changed my life
My dog was sick, but now close to death in a year's time
Many people are sick and wildlife with nature killed
Let me repeat, the government did this crime against humanity!
Biden does not care, the department of defense doesn't care...
The EPA is corrupt and this is the worst chenical attack in US history
Heidi Sands
4/27/24
(C)opyright
While in an antique shop, I came across a wood stove
The cast iron, covered in rust, had seen better times
I admired it as it stood within this vast treasure trove
There's no doubt the antique worked well in its prime
You rose early in the morning before the rooster crowed
Gathering what you needed, like dried kindling or sticks
Once the kettle got to boil, creating steam on the window
Patience in preparing a meal because it took a while to fix
Belching on a belly of splintered wood, hot to the touch
Before the EPA, a coal-burning stove smoked up a place
Claiming victims who inhaled its carbon fumes too much
Standing on its bowlegs, taking up valuable floor space
A wood stove was a mainstay, one you couldn't live without
If a fire died on cold days, you might end up in poor health
You dumped the ashes regularly. There wasn't any doubt
A poor-working wood stove would often cause one's death
We gathered around the piece of iron to listen to ghost tales
A cozy, toasty altar when the old decrepit house would creak
Its consistent use has proven, over time, to be tough as nails
Stoking the flames warmed your frame any day of the week
It's not a prerequisite, of course, but if a piece of writing is any good, chances are it's probably offensive to someone. (Paraphrasing John Irving-A Widow for One Year) So, writer beware...
Words are a writer's stock in trade,
To ply it well requires a versatile,
Not volatile, vocabulary.
With words a writer's claim to fame is made,
But words can have broad repercussions.
So when he writes
He should select them well,
Not just to sell,
But so they don't arouse the scrutiny
Of those guys who comprise Homeland Security
And become the subject of discussions
Of the FBI, the CIA,
The DAR, the DMV,
The IRS, the IRA,
USPS, the EPA,
The PTA, SPCA,
AARP or AAA,
Twitter, NAACP,
The NFL, the MLB,
The LGBTQ community,
The NRA, the PGA,
NASA or the BBB,
Ellen, Oprah, Dr. Phil,
An ad hoc Sunday sermon bill,
Or his city, county, state constabulary.
AOC told the USA
~ For the EPA, She's A-OK
A turtle in a dirty pond
Was picked up by a dirty blonde
Trump said that the water
Was gonna get hotter
Unless she squirts his magic wand
Hey, Scott Pruitt!*
We all knew it
Soon would come to this.
Rumors flew; it
Seemed you blew it.
Truth you would dismiss.
Anger’d brew; it
Looked like, “Screw it!”
Were the words you’d hiss.
You’d pooh-pooh it
As on view it
Seemed you were amiss.
How’d you do it?
Breeze right through it,
Seemingly in bliss?
Well, Scott Pruitt,
Now boo-hoo it!
You we will not miss!
*Trump’s head of the EPA
The last time I saw Paris
The lights had vanished from the skyline.
She sat quite calmly,
Speaking in a common tongue,
Words that soon dissolved like my intentions.
Her eyes met mine
Then turned away towards the moon.
I sat alone in midnight's room,
Lost in thought and memory;
Dreaming of what might have been,
Pleased with what will never be.
Copyright © 1997 -2018 by Benjamin Toney. All rights reserved.
Image credit: Etienne Laurent/EPA
fickle crickets:
serenading sirens
of retreat, as chartreuse digits
creep dark alley swamps;
hanging jungle themes invade
quiet dens perpetuated by
creation’s wet glory...croaking:
ancestral tales of grandeur.
mammal sigils:
evoking tootling
trespassers of environmental legacy;
nature redeeming medicines
sustaining miracles of light...EPA
earth.provides.assistance:
yet mankind defers pollution-free
toxic-free lakes of life.
scatter kingdom:
encroaching breaths spew
poisonous darts of entitlement
never biblically enforced;
gather eggs of free-will, lay deep
in vined elegance towering
beneath second-heaven despisers
of extant species.
Trump's newly-appointed EPA Chief
Found himself buried in EPA grief
To prove he was no party-pooper
He likened Trump to a Giant Grouper
Swimming against an almighty current
Where even the sharks were no deterrent
"Forget the 'U' and immigrant no-hoper!
I'll rename that fish, "The Slippery Groper"!
Well, Congress agreed to just let it pass
That's God's honest truth, you bet your wrasse!
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Should Store the Silverware
Have you ever been in someone's attic?
And found them to be a frantic fanatic
Wondering where could be their brain
Knowing when to get out of the rain.
One night had desperate drastic dream
If he was President and reigned supreme
With hollow head in White House did live
And to elegant EPA a party would give.
Next day after he had gone out of town
Came back and water turned all brown
And why in world would you go to Flint
To hear someone with a Southern accent.
Next morning looked at White House lawn
Nothing was there and it all had gone
Popular belief and thought quite contrary
Not one note could poor President carry.
Then voters started coming out in throngs
White House is exactly where Hillary belongs
Knowing all things there she could take care
Including where they store the silverware.
James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
The GOP are talking about doing away
With the EPA
But The Environmental Protection Agency
Makes sure that factories don’t pollute the air we breathe
They say “Kill that act”
Just because they want to run their businesses with ease
If the Clean Air Act is obliterated
Than with pollutants we’ll be saturated
The EPA is a good agency
Making businesses clean up their act
These are the facts:
The EPA has resources to help prepare for and respond
To both natural disasters and hazardous substance spills
And that’s the law they want to kill?
The EPA provides information on the environmental hazards
That can threaten our health in our everyday lives
So let’s see eye-to-eye and stop this strife
With bombastic lies
EPA is not the fellow
Who made the Animus yellow
All that toxic waste
For mine profits has laced
Our bed which becomes a bordello*
"we are being screwed (I would be more blunt but certain curse words are not allowed here). This happens all the time.
Also, if any of this bothers you, check out Bernie Sanders on youtube. I came up with a great campaign slogan: Bernie Sanders doesn't BS you.
-Toxic Nights-
Governmental wars are waged,
and few are truly known,
While the C.I.A. fights Terrorism,
with terrorism of its own...
The E.P.A. battle chemicals,
pervading our very homes,
and landfills ravage earth,
becoming environmental tomes...
Mans swelling might,
our "plastic oceans" blight,
has shed unnerving light
to our planets Toxic Nights...
Will the great powers that be,
ever aid and help reprieve,
this industrial polluting routine,
endorsed by their War machine?
-Anonymously youRs-
"Tree huggers” use AT&T
The human cost catastrophe
On the horizon
Like text from Verizon
Is sent with the speed of 4G
Pollution's still booked at no
cost
And Earth’s expenses neatly tossed
Off the balance sheet
With a "Sprint" so complete
The effects on nature seem lost
Yes EPA rules do offend
Those who crave Earth’s wealth without end
They claim to hate debt
But have seen nothing yet
Like phone bills "T-Mobile" might send!
Author's note: It seems ironic and strange that debt haters (like tea party supporters, for
example) and those who are pushing more reliance on fossil fuel and less "subsidy" for
renewables (Romney/Ryan for example) support the continuation of policies and
practices that will damage the environment and that will hurt future generations. They are
pushing growth and not pushing conservation. I would have more respect for them if
they talked about the costs as well as the benefits of their plans. I wonder if it might just
be a scam to reward large corporations for the short term and stick it to the rest of us for
generations. That would be nothing new.
Sometimes I shiver, sometimes I shake,
Of what we've done for mortal sake,
We've filled the air with toxic galore,
And even the garbage is dumped off shore,
We've even drilled many miles down,
Nuclear waste buried in the ground,
Even our water can tell the tale,
Polluters even elude the jail,
The EPA for economy's sake,
Allows pollution, --- BIG MISTAKE!
Clean up the air, we hear the cry,
Ten years later, it's still in the sky.
With smiles that glow and they aren't white,
Shakin' and shiverin', I'm full of fright,
So where are we headed, where are we bound?
Well it's for sure, --- NOT UNDERGROUND!
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