petrol-reliant
A climate-conscious poem observing modern dependence on fossil fuels, where everyday journeys, car culture and polluted skies collide with environmental anxiety.
pacing past the bp station
price of oil scarce
in the news
a taxi speeds past
i guzzle a heap of diesel
discharged
i cough & cough again
(then jerked him
with the middle finger)
he slides alongside
the voracious pump
his taxi swallows fuel
i scratch my head
& shrug my shoulders
for glancing right
there’s a gleaming
nissan showroom
(“motors selling fast”)
vans & cars
paraded on the forecourt
vans & cars
accelerating
i peer ahead & there’s
a long queue brooding
at the makeshift lights
i look up & sigh
stars are sparse though
a flashing airplane
glides through purple sky
i cough & cough again
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