Is Oil

Oil
On the precipice of energy
Revolution
Facing inevitable decline
In consumption
Dependence
Money

The very greed that
Drove up the price
Now drives the price
To bottomless pit

Approaching zero
Dollars per barrel
Free oil for all

Too late too little
After wheels of clean energy
Have started turning

And the very thing
That made it turn
Ever more smoothly
But surely

Is oil

1.3 Billion

1.3 billion
That is the jack pot
A staggering amount of money
For the Powerball

The odds of winning
Almost zero with imperceptible almost
But not zero
And for that not zero chance
People are willing to pay

For almost no chance at all
With hope and fantasy

But when it comes to God
Jesus Christ
And everlasting life after death
The same people who will
Buy lotto tickets with life savings
Will not pay a dollar
For something that is worth
Far far greater
Than 1.3 billion

And the odds?

Every Single Move

Iranian and Saudi clash
Ongoing Middle East crisis
Chinese stock market crash
North Korean nuclear bomb test
American uproar with executive gun control
To name a few
Not a good start for 2016

But the last one regarding gun control
Namely the background check stipulation
Really is manufactured bad
For the sake of opposing and refusing
Without any justifiable logical ground
To take that opposing stance other than
The mere fact of standing in the opposite corner

It is rather puzzling to see all the media
Politicians and general public
All caught up in the fighting stance
Arguing blaming chastising this act
As something really bad has happened
Eliciting second amendment
Constitutional rights
Over reaching
Heating up the social media wave
Conjuring up imaginary scenarios

For what?
Requiring a background check?
For selling deadly weapon used in wars?

Every single citizen in this country
In order to drive a car
Has to reach a certain age
Then pass a written test
Go to DMV
Pass eye exam
Then take driving test
Get an insurance
And wear the sit belt
In order to drive a car
Not as deadly as a gun
But deadly nonetheless
To make sure each driver knows the rules
Is not half blind
Knows how to drive
And is financially covered

But now the president
Not any president of any company or country
The President of United States
The most powerful country in the world
In order to make the country more safe
To decrease the number of guns in unwanted hands
Preserving the rights of all citizens to own a gun
Makes an executive order for background checks
And really there are people standing opposed?

It is really sad to see
How every single step
Every single move
This first black president of our country makes
Is opposed not based on its substance
But merely for the sake of opposing

It has become too often and too repetitive
That people no longer expect anything else
Nor care about the substance
Just happy and content to oppose
To satisfy their desire to oppose

Otherwise
How could they have gone to the DMV
Took a test and got eye exam
Then took another test to drive
And wear sit belts?
How can they succumb to such government control?

There is a point when argument has to stop
When it is clear that the sky is blue
Not orange

Just Damn Tired

Star Wars
The battle between good and evil
In a far far away galaxy
Of weapons and Jedi force
The dark side vs light
Generating mass euphoria
Global audience

If not perpetual war
Perhaps Star Wars movie
Can bring about the peace
And momentary solidarity
On this planet

As it is without question
Everyone on this planet
Who has the means
Will be watching Star Wars
Including the leaders
And all enemies of the State

It makes you wonder
Why spend all this energy
Have so much anger and hatred
Destroying and wasting so much
Of this short life time
Going against each other

When they can just relax
Watch Star Wars
And enjoy the show

Isn't it about time
People on this planet
Got tired of fighting?
It certainly is tiring
Just to watch the fights go
On and on and on and on

Just damn tired

But Alas

You would think that

When humans have built

Gigantic cloud piercing skyscrapers

Expansive hanging bridges

Over bodies of water and deep canyons

Miles and miles of roads and tunnels

Humongous ships and airplanes

You would think that

Setting 500 sq feet of floor tiles 

In a typical residential house

Would be done in perfection

With one eye closed

But alas

It is not the size of the job

Or the degree of difficulty

That determines the outcome

But the determination

Knowledge 

And conviction

To do it right

No matter how small 

Or insignificant