Anecdote Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Anecdote

Air in palm
A BP oversight.
Billions, for single oil spill.

Radios called Mayday
SOS, disaster; disaster, SOS
Five states are involved: “Rigs
Fallen, workers died.”

Just because it is in USA
Not one more conflict in Delta.
BP will, Shell won’t pay.

Agreements respected only if….

And who cares?
BP’s name is a theft….
No-one knows; neither learns
Things happened to the rest…

Radios call Mayday
SOS, disaster; disaster, SOS
Only if, workers hold ex-passport.

BP pays to States
Shell corrupts stateless.
A distance difference is bottled.

This is the story, anecdote
Read meaning in Oxford.