When Oil Spills Over; When Gas Ignites: MANATEE MOVEMENTS

Across the Orinoco

There is a large grazing field

Along the maritime border

Where a Manatee of opportunities

Lie quietly beneath the surface

Awaiting the right explorer

But Manatees move slowly

over fresh water beds

at 5 to 8 kilometers per hour

And Manatees of Opportunity

Compadre!

Move even slower

In salt water

Because it takes time to bear a manatee

A whole 12 months ,a year

Then it takes time to wean a manatee

As much as 18 months my dear

So when Manatees of opportunities

Crawl, we Trinis,must have no fear!

Because it takes time to graze

a Manatee too

7 hours a day out there

Across the Orinoco

From where prostitutes

Cross the Serpent’s Mouth

to take coco

And that social regime

Brings many to Cedros

trading guns

to drive us loco

The Father of this nation

was skeptical of pacts

Even then, when Free Trade

was their Spanish tune

And now the Great Eagle eyes

nations which ally

with the Yuan

So let this Manatee move

gracefully

Let it graze till 2020!

When Oil Spills Over;When Gas Ignites

When Oil Spills Over; When Gas Ignites