Two of my thirsty fellow crew members
thought we needed to stock up on that
popular thirst quencher.


So they meandered over to the BP staging area
where people who work for BP
cleaning up the spill
can help themselves to supplies
that they might need
to facilitate their efforts.

Our boat now works for BP
so we are welcomed with open arms
by the hard hat wearing employees
who are in charge of giving out
huge amounts of free stuff.

The thing is
not one person on our crew
has seen one drop of oil.
We haven't touched one oil soaked
adsorbent pad.
We have done nothing to improve
the waters of the Gulf.
But we're standing by...
fully hydrated.

Are you kidding me?
Do we really need all this?
There are 6 guys on the boat
and 3 of us don't drink the stuff.

I think a homeless shelter
or a soup kitchen or a
High School football team could make better
use of all these cases of electrolytes

And I wonder what in the world
we are going to do with all these gloves?

We now have more latex gloves
than your local emergency room.
But they're free
so we take them.
I just don't get it.
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When I knocked off today
I grabbed a coffee and my camera
and sat on the stern

and watched the day come to an end