When creatures smother in crude
I want to ease the suffering,
keep it from happening again.

TV talkers want to place blame.
A problem must be someone’s fault,
so identifying the culprit will fix it.

Obama worries about gobs and jobs,
so he wants to resume work at rigs
in shallower water — where it’s safer.

Since this predicament was predictable,
we should get insurance and jobs —
require a relief well now at every site.

As for who’s culpable — politicians,
petroleum companies, and pundits are,
but Pogo has met the real enemy.

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