Its clear to anyone with any common sense at all
that the environment does suffer
and hence the warriors call
reverberates around the mountains
and through valleys long and green
for what these Coal seam Gas proponents
do is just obscene
they come in with their money
with equipment with their drills
with promises to make us rich
it just gives me the chills
how they can lie their heads off
and fucking walk away
after they have ruined us
they have gone on their way
Air quality is paramount
because we all breathe air
and methane becomes serious
when its bloody there
Water is a problem
because its needed and
their seams can destroy aquifers
right across the land
they so pollute the rivers
they dump their fracking waste
they peddle crap for nothing
where ever they are based
I do not trust them one little bit
they are just profiteers
not one prophet amongst them
and when the thick mist clears
and we can see our environment
the air and the water lost
methane bubbling out of the ground
then we can count the cost
where is Mr Cameron now
sucking up to those
coal seam gas survivors
who seemingly still pose
a risk to other places
as their greed continues through
to tearing up the country
for that is what they do
Australia is suffering
the farmers know the score
many have been lied to rest
about the many bore
holes into the aquifers
and possible the shale
when methane gets involved
of course
someone should be in jail
but of course they are into mining
and the money too be made
they cut the corners
and change the laws
as in the land they’ve laid
pipelines after pipelines
drills heads frack pads too
and everywhere’s polluted
its what the fracker’s do
come with myriad promises
march slowly to our death
but pollution and the solution
is to just stop drawing breath
thats the be and end all
that’s the extent of why
our vast expanses ruined
watch out communities die
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.