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GULF OIL SPILL

A SEA TURTLE GASPING FOR AIR:
FOR OUR WILDLIFE HOW CAN THIS BE FAIR:
THE BLACK MUCKY OIL STAINS THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN OF BLUE:
SUFFROCATING ALL LIVING THINGS TOO:
THIS MASSIVE OIL LEAK FIFTY MILES OFF SHORE:
EVENTUALLY POLLUTES THE WETLANDS MORE:

THE PRISTINE BEACHES ALL ALONG THE GULF COAST:
NO LONGER HAVE WHITE SANDY BEACHES TO BOAST:
BLACK GOOKY TAR BALLS NOW CLUTTER THE BEACH SAND:
MANY BEACHES TO TOURIST ARE NOW SHUT DOWN AND BANNED:
THIS IS A TRAGEDY THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY:
AS MILLIONS OF NEW OIL LEAK OUT EVERYDAY:

ALL OF THE OIL IN THE OCEAN WATER:
FOR EVERY LIVING THING IN THE GULF HAVE BEEN THERE SLAUGHTER:
IF OUR WILDLIFE WILL PARRISH:
IN OUR LIFE WHAT DO WE CHERISH:
OUR CHILDRENS CHILDREN DESERVE:
THAT THE WILD LIFE OF THE WORLD WE PROTECT AND PRESERVE:

WE CANNOT LET A FEW WITH MATERIALISTIC GREED:
RAPE THE WORLD AND TAKE THE LEAD:
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AS A WHOLE:
KNOW THE DEPTH OF THIS TERRIBLE DISASTER FULL:
OUR NATURAL WILDLIFE IS AS INOCENT AS A CHILD:
MAN MUST PROTECT ALL LIVING THINGS IN THE WILD:

IN THE BACK WOODS MASHLANDS AN OLD BULL FROG CAN'T EVEN JUMP:
HE IS CAKED WITH BLACK OIL GUNK:
IN THE MARSH LANDS YOU USE TO HERE A MILLION SEA BIRDS:
NO MORE CAN THEY BE HEARD:
THE OIL SEEPED INTO THERE BROODING NEST:
NOW THOUSANDS OF BIRDS WE HAVE LESS:

ALL THE FISH SWIMMING IN THE GULF OF OIL:
THESE ONCE BEAUTIFUL PLENTIFUL WATERS NOW FOREVER SPOILED:
WHEN WILL MAN EVER LEARN:
MOTHER NATURES RESPECT YOU MUST EARN:
MAN HAS NOT THE RIGHT TO HURT THE EARTH:
OUR NATURE AND WILDLIFE IS ALL WE ARE WORTH:

MONEY AND GREED IS AN EVIL SEED:
MAN BECOMES RICHER WATCHING NATURE SMOTHER AND BLEED:
SO WHAT CAN YOUR MONEY BUY:
IS IT WORTH WATCHING ALL NATURE SUFFER AND DIE:
IS IT WORTH TO PROFIT FROM THIS UNBEARABLE OIL LEAK MISTAKE:
THE WORLD COLLECTIVELY PRAYS DEAR GOD STOP THIS OIL LEAK FOR HEAVENS SAKE:


EVERY SINGLE PENNY THIS BP--OIL COMPANY HAS EVER MADE:
EVERY CENT BACK TO CLEAN UP THIS MASSIVE MESS MUST BE PAID:

10--JULY 2010:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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GULF OIL SPILL