You Bastard!

A kind of angry protest poem, focused on environmental issues

Your greed and your money have obstructed your eyes;
Tangled your values, turned truth into lies
You said “clean air act” yet you polluted our skies
Now you will dig up Alaska for your oil enterprise

You build pipelines for oil, out timber and steel,
Preventing hundreds of caribou from reaching a meal
Your crimes done to nature, you may try to conceal
But when Earth starts to crumble, then how will you feel?

You are chopping our forests; you are breaking our trust
We needed your help; you left us screaming – unjust! 
While you searched for black oil with such passion, such lust.
Will you even notice when the earth turns to dust?

Some call you a leader, but you cannot lead me
‘Til you can treasure the woodlands, the plains, and the sea
Defend what you have, or I guarantee-   
You’ll be standing in rubble; a pile of debris.