PETROL-LUST: Some thoughts on petroleum dependency

	Under these forests are rich petrol reserves 
	jes beggin' ta enter automobiles. 

	Think of it -
	yawh kun make millions
	by sellin these empty fields. 
 
	Don't listen ta environmental weirdos - 
	kount on professionals like US. 
 
	Shortly we'll send in a team ah scientists 
	who komprehend whud bureaucrats knead 
	'n also the importance ah fiscal lust
	Mammon must properly feed.
 
	We're in the business ah building futures - 
	'n also luv Mother Earth. 
 
	Just sign this contract - 
	'n becum rich! 
 
	Prosperity is an American kustom
	butt don't get too weird on us
	otherwise, ahem . . . 
	you'll be hushed.


Terri: Petrol-lust . . . hasn't that been a prime force in geo-politics for over a century?

Kris:  Yeah, but petroleum resources are nearing depletion, so dat notion izz out-ah-date.

Tim:   Lust fer anything invites suffering. We've gotta learn ta live more modestly.

Terri: Do you think we are disciplined and caring enough ta actually do that?

Kris:  (shrugging her shoulders) To survive, we got'ta be.


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Some thoughts about petroleum addiction and ecological travesty.
KEYWORDS: petrol-politics, eenvironmental rape, corporate greed, eco-satire

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2005 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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