This is the end of a massive bender
The sun is up on our excess
We can’t stand up any longer
We have not talked straight for thirty years or so
Since the active perversion of science and policy
Walking? that went awry on our way to howl at the moon
Now a sludgy substance lines our stomachs and the bottom of discarded
barrels
Scattered in disarray they litter the scene like death stars
What happened last night?
Did you get their number?
All I remember is hiding in a graveyard from the police
We fell asleep, heads on the tombstone of an elder
That’s where I had that dream
Imagined it all
Underground
Death upon death
Bidding time
Under heat and pressure
The goodness of life consolidates
Waited to give its energy through fire
A huge power we couldn’t wield
Our demise rushing towards us in exponential acceleration
Back in that bar
Another slick suited man tried to whisper to me over the
noise
I remember his smoking languor and rank breath
He slurred something about how we get through 100 billion barrels
a day
So we must need him
Enthralled to massive macho money
We grease their loins for them
And watch them thrust into natures harmony
Watch them oil the machinery of war
Spill their filth over everything
Compromise the very water of this world
Our life blood
A toxic grip constricts every dam breath we take
It is right in there clutching at our lungs
And we long for a perfect world
Hardly
Just a liveable one
Thinking about our next fix even as we downed what was in
reach
We can’t conceal this addiction in a paper bag
Its bursting out the seams of our world
We can’t keep lying
Or pretending
We have to raise our heads
Imagine at new heights
Say yes to the other ways
Get up
Cope with the hangover and tidy up
And this is where I completely break down with the analogy
Millions around the world suffering as I write
Too soon the normal human experience will be one of
Displacement
Thirst
Heat exhaustion
Violence and death
We have to stop oil
And embrace a new day
