the drilling is a symptom
of a fear that runs deep,
so deep, deep into the
marrow of the bones
(programmed to kill to
survive), of extinction
of a race, so keep the
big, bad, black gold flowing
and they will continue to
own the votes and their
oily thumbs will stamp
and hold down and drill
those trying to crawl up
to justice. the controllers
will control procreation,
yes, it’s all about pro-
creation for them, not
so much for everybody
else (oh, go ahead,
if you insist, you others
may have your abortions.
please do.). what they
don’t know, in their
frantic fear,
is that they will
disappear —
ghosts of white plumes
and the poisoned earth and sky
will be inherited by
rodents and roaches
that fly by and by.