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the Gulf Oil Spill
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. So just watch this live feed from the Gulf floor and check out the tally of the amount of oil spilled so far.
Nothing else needs to be said.
Sung to the tune of On The Road To Mandalay
(The original poem, Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling, was put to music in 1904 by Oley Speaks.)
Please press play June 20, 2010
From the ruins of
Horizon
spreading outward
towards our land
an oil slick is
growing that’s
unstoppable by man.
Well pressure is too
mighty and
its source is far too
deep.
How to cap the well’s
our quest now,
how to cap is what we
seek.
How to cap to stop
the leak?
In the Gulf of Mexico
Where dolphins used to go
there’s booms and
skimmers working
and in-situ burns
aglow.
On the shores of the
US
where the oil's made a
mess
vacationers won’t
visit
leaving business in
distress.
Sixty days since the
explosion
and no solutions are
at hand
and with each day
that passes
habitats become
wasteland.
The birds and fish
and mammals are
being threatened by
the score
so now’s the time for
action to
restore our pristine
shore.
We must restore our shore.
In the Gulf of Mexico
where the tourists
used to go
tar balls now cover
beaches as
the tide does ebb and
flow.
On the shores of the
US
all the folks are so
depressed
because government
red tape is
impeding all
progress.
Then from the Oval
Office came
the words he should
have said
many weeks ago before
the
oil blighted our
beachhead.
He did blame and
demonize
but said nothing I
could hear
‘bout how to clean
our gulf shore,
instead he made it
clear
He’ll push Cap and
Tax this year.
Save the Gulf of
Mexico
Save this place that
we all know
a priority, it must
be, for
the oil’s damage to
go.
On the shores of the
US
to the Congress we do
stress
do all that you can
do to
ensure clean up’s
a success.
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on March 28, 2010
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