We had to reduce carbon emissions,
So Brussels told the EU we must use
More biofuel. The Americans
With their huge cornfields, how could they refuse
Al Gore’s warnings? Also, how to defuse
The terrorist bomb by not buying oil
From the Middle East? There’s no need for clues:
Of course they’d grow a feast of biofuel.
This all seemed great to westerners, but cruel
To the rest, the starvers. Millions of tons
Of harvested grain that their plates would lose,
Their fates again decided by our loyal
Leaders, chasing votes and obeying friends
In government and business. Hardly news.
Thur 8 May 2008
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