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The Spill

Tarballs

Garry Breland

Garry Breland is a native Mississippian who spent much of his life out of the south. His day job is academic vice president at William Carey University, in Hattiesburg, MS. He and his wife (a college English teacher) have two children and two grandchildren.

Dinosaurs for many eons ruled


This planet eating from its vegetation


Dying all, they had a transformation


Pooled within the ground they turned to fuel


Carbon storage captured from the sun


For the race of men who think they’re wiser


Punching holes in earth to find a geyser


An industrial revolution had begun


No matter what, sometimes we’re going to spill it


‘Cause wells and ships and pipes will ever fail


We blame the oilmen, at our leaders rail


But when my tank is dry, I want to fill it


Thunder lizards roam the land once more


And leave their oily footprints on our shore.

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