WELL ALTITUDE

A well drilled for oil or gas 

but yielding none

Has mysteriously

emerged 

above ground 

With incomplete projects

And impromptu 

abandonment of course

 which lead to

high altitudes

of economic loss

Here, only lawsuits 

insist 

as wastewater  flows

to fill  voids

where dry wells

persist

Above ground

from Sealots

To Caroni

and  empty pipelines

create parodies

When gas to liquids

converted

in the imagination

of many 

heads

still flow overheads

in these dry hole  beds

Of source rocks

which lack porosity

So  scope of works 

continues to vary

 And ultra low

sulphur diesel plant

Needs  more money

to improve quality

At subterranean capacity

And a well drilled
for oil or gas 

but yielding none

Has mysteriously

emerged 

above ground 

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When Oil Spills Over;When Gas Ignites

SHARK BAIT

The scent of blood

Attracts the Sharks

And Foolish Spear Fishers

Cause  attacks

They shoot the prey

In open waters

For selfish reasons

Plunder and slaughter

We have a gas economy

That booms and blooms

To set us free

But   allowances

disproportionates

Our fair shares 

Of the gas profits

Now Spear Fishers

Sit and debate

With eyes cast down

They taunt and hate

As if clueless

About that date

They ratified poor deals

With bait

Of comparative low Royalties

Which bleeds of
our economy

Till all our profits
these Sharks take

While a mere .01% 

is the state’s stake

To add to this 
we lose money 

By Weighted Average Price
on LNG 

And Transfer Prices 

From Train to Train 

Which gives these 
devious Sharks 

Much gains 

A sure case of
bad taxonomy

Has swindled
this economy

So as  this deadpool
comes to light

Let's classify
these organisms right

Bold Fishers 
must not sit and hate

Trying to pose off
 as Shark Bait

Copyright©2018 by Camille Caliscia Patrick

When Oil Spills Over;When Gas Ignites

TANKER FLOAT

There is a reservoir of investment

That we have not trapped

A huge source rock

That we have not tapped

A dollar for a dollar

A pound for a pound

Euros and Pesos

CADs and Yens

A diaspora

Of our closest friends

Shares and dividends

Or retirement plans

Find every Trini

outside this land

Home sweet home

Is the place to be

Invest in T&T

Global Oil Company

Foreign Reserves

and Economic Anchors

The Float is

right outside the Tanker

Copyright©2018 by Camille Caliscia Patrick

When Oil Spills Over;When Gas Ignites

LIKE LEATHERBACK

LIKE LEATHERBACK

Oh East Coast

How fortunate you are

each year

To have these

Leatherbacks

nesting here

From global journeys

All year round

They return to Trinidad

This nesting grounds

Oh South Coast

Try a thing or two

Your oil backed

attractions

Are still quite few

Onshore and Offshore

all year round

Too attached 

To this nesting grounds?

Explore the globe

Dominate the oceans

With your skills and

Centennial experience
From Petro Trin

To Petro World

Our multinationals

Must Unfold

Win some bids,

Set up Trin Rigs

Like Shell shells shells

on each continent

Then return home

and reproduce anew

Just like those

Leatherback turtles do

Copyright©2018 by Camille Caliscia Patrick

When Oil Spills Over;When Gas Ignites