ENERGY SHIFTS

Did we count 

the cost of Paris

From the resource 
point 
on which
now we  rely?

Have we moved

our hands 

to agreement

While our mouths

become  dry?

Have we considered

the shifts

which can slip 

our economy

into a trench?

Did we count 

the cost of Paris?

in francs 

dollars or  

even cents?

The economic globe

gyrates 

on treaties

Which like 

prophesies

foretell

The wealth of 

world’s economies

First and Third 

world spells

From wood

to coal, to fossils

We have so 

gracefully 
evolved

Still on  this 

shift to
renewables

Some economies

shall dissolve

As this treaty 

called Paris

dares  

to manipulate

much fates

Unless we are

first movers

Adamant 
that 

we will not wait

When low carbon
emissions come 
with many 

conversion cost

And energy
revolutions  follow
with great

diversion loss

So let us 
count the cost 
of Paris 
And by this we must 

prepare

And create much

Renewable
energy
systems

here

Then we will 
be truly ready 

for the diversion from

this energy

shift to come

And  manufacture

equipment 
for harness

of water,biomass,

wind and sun

In all energy 
transitions

There is  
a definite way 
to win

Hence  Trinis
must move early

on this energy spin

Let us count 

the cost of Paris

now!

Copyright©2018 by Camille Caliscia Patrick

When Oil Spills Over;When Gas Ignites

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 

Copyright©2018 by Camille Caliscia Patrick

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