A little smoke

Nothing like oil sands on fire to create a haze.

Might induce a bit of daze.

For the high and Mighty it might create a craze.

To wear masks or visit far away.

 

What a trifecta!

Oil and Grass and radiation.

What a wonderful way

to spread the misery across the nations.

 

Brittle bones or bad loans

different kinds of disaster

But for the stars above

they just float like the long ago Asters.

 

Thyroid nodules, radiation sickness.

Just a flu, pay it no mind!

Just a cost of doing business

Secret stuff really,

beyond my pay grade.

 

If we blow up the world,

well our bosses know what they are doing.

They wouldn't put us at harm,

would they?

 

I keep the secrets I was told to keep.

I'll carry them to my grave.

Some of them I don't even know I'm keeping

are hidden in my bones.

 

Christopher H. Holte

Inspired by this news article about the Fort Murray Fires, and my knowledge of what is stored at the Fort Murray hazardous (nuclear) waste sites: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fort-mcmurray-fire-smoke-greenland-europe-1.3599812