There is a new species on the scene
Another miracle of evolution
Like you and like me
Black pelicans in a black see
Covered in oil and tar
They are unable to clean it off
And trying to remove it
They swallow it
Their matted feathers
Make it impossible to fly
They have no food
Cut off from air and sunlight
The vegetation and fish are dead
The pelicans are also dying a slow and painful death
They will soon be extinct
And the impact will only get worse
It is awful and heartbreaking
It puts a big knot in my stomach
This time,
There is no drunken captain to blame
No one deliberately did this
But it was an accident waiting to happen
Make no mistake, friends!
This is the fault of you and me
It is a by-product of greed
The insatiable appetitive for oil
For not knowing our limits
For bigger and better things
And for more and more
Alas, our lifestyle burns a lot of oil
-Rotterdam, Netherlands
