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The Crime of the Mansioned Baroners
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The Crime of the Mansioned Baroners |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533
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Oil- to bribe (a variant of grease) -A Dictionary of Euphemisms . . . Big Oil pukes in the ocean a shroud blacks the air and the sea, green is the Texan's devotion and dark is our Earth's legacy The "status", the "standing", the "rank" of the tanker "Prestige" is it sank, now twice the Valdez's profane will garrotte once affable Spain It will fossilize mammal and bird shall for decades add fish to it's toll, local papers say nary a word as once vital are sculpted to coal Sure it flew a Bahamian flag that's the ruse of the scalawag, operations facade lists as Greece and by cowboys they're promised a piece Hitachi built '76' classified Dubai double aught-two, while Espana grows sick in the slick any blame will get lost in the goo The Maritime Global Net site closed the records of safety real tight the American Bureau of Shipping are their Houston headquarters lips zipping The posse, the Princes of earl run the show so they'll ride away leaving outlined their fingerprints whorls the masked man and his Kenny boy Lay. [This message has been edited by RSWells (11-19-2002 03:55 PM).] |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
yes it is a terrible thing...and the true shame is it was probably preventable had the ship been maintianed as it should and inspected...or scrapped in favor of the double hulled... but greed and economy drive much..and some to the brink of destruction |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Read this news this morning...sickens me to know the outcome before it even occurs... Well stated here. ThisDiamond |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Sometimes I wonder what kind of world we our leaving for our children... this is very well stated  ~ hugs from a sad chipmunkLyra |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
I suppose..there are always horses...and valiant knights..to go back to~wink* Sigh..I don't like the way this world goes round sometimes..Missed you. Rwood |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Richard, this is a very well written poem on this terrible event. Thank you for writing and sharing this with us. "Love makes the world go around" |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
...Man beware Gaia's revenge... You've written a fine piece on a not so fine matter. EA |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
A sad testament to human greed--well said! "I am a sky where spirits live. |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
This is a real pain, isn't it? I hope they can fix this before it turns into a huge problem. I was so very pleased with your poem though, Wells, that I felt inappropriately happy throughout... anapestic trimeter does that for me...  I found it fascinating that you used anapestic for such a serious matter though (especially trimeter, because of the initial pause between verses in any trimeter). It is in danger of sounding a little limericky, which you have to be careful of. It makes the poem's tone a bit disagreeable with the actual content, however, which is definitely something interesting and enjoyable about this piece. Well written. Parasite Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. |
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