"Unfortunately, it’s unrealistic to rescue all wildlife impacted during oil spills." - quote by NOAA on oil-spills
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Even oil spills on ocean surface roars
Grieving the odd dead birds washed up on shores
A few gallons slicks, crude sink
Spillers and Skimmers off sync
Priceless space tools - a gamble on all fours
Thrillers, fillers, spillers line the garden wall!
Artful, appealing, alluring thrall!
In morning, at noon, or night,
pinks and purples, bright!
Stupendous
sight!
Tremendous
beauty at its height!
Magnificence to delight!
Promenading Nature's sexy sprawl,
thrillers, fillers, spillers line the garden wall!
Gunshots pierces the silence of
the night
The shrill cries the shouts and
the flight
The herdsmen, spillers of blood are on
the Plateau
The Sheriff is seated on the high horse in
his Chateau
The Plateau people in such a hopeless
fight
Not so many years ago
I revelled in rebellion,
Derided seniors
In sportsmobiles,
Comfortable bellies on
Wheels. Waistcoat
Fillers. Surreptitious
Pint spillers.
But now I sit and scoff
At youth and all its
Awkward agonising
Over lack of truth.
Merrily I mow the lawn
And curse because I
Can't get my wellies on.
And my wife orders me
To buy a larger pair.
And I cry 'No!' and
She groans and I ignore
Her as I turn the telly on
And I revel in my rebellion.
MERCY MAKERS, BLOOD SPILLERS, HEAD COLLECTORS,
ARE KEY FACTORS IN HIS WORK,
RUNNING AROUND DECAPITATING MEN & WOMEN AGING
PAST HALF A CENTURY,
CATCHING EVERY LAST BREATH THEY HAVE LEFT IN A JAR,
SO THEY CAN LISTEN TO THEIR SCREAMS,
WHILE HE GOES TO SLEEP, RIDING ALONGSIDE A RAGE HE RELEASES
EVERY HUNDRED YEARS, FROM HIS DARK DEPTH,
CAGE, TRAVELING LIKE MIST, CHOKING EVERYONE IN IT'S WAY
THE PLAGUE WILL DEVOUR A CITY IN HOURS, A STATE IN DAYS,
A COUNTRY JUST IN A WEEK, A WHOLE ENTIRE CONTINENT WITHIN A MONTH
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