GREEN OIL

GREEN OIL
(for the citizens of Cordova Alaska, inspired by Malanie O’Toole’s Song “What Exxon Means”)

Promises in quality of life declarations seduce the unquestioning into suffering fields where bodies
of denial feed still feed to the innocent, sludge crops.

          Compassion felled for profit is twisted grotesquely and charred
          Understanding disemboweled sticks black in dried cracks over
          which Trust crawls legless – hunting for dollars

...despite Cordova’s bleeding out.