Poppy Lopatniuk
I have not been hung and quartered nor have I been sent to jail
I have been so frank and honest and named so many names
I’ve been to see the ombudsmen, I’ve been to see the mayors
I’ve met with premiers and the ministers, contacted
EPA, Justice, Anti-discrimination, Ethical Departments and more.
Their blinding fog of apathy and ignorance was clear.
I was just a simple person who tried to right a wrong,
For sixteen years I’ve toiled and struggled to find the reason why
When mortality struck a small community where cancers, tumours
And auto immune diseases, very obviously, were rife
I was met with implacable denial by those who did not want to see
Protection of the government their one and only high priority
For our government pay acquiescence to the big conglomerates
Who knowingly and uncaringly spread their deadly noxious chemicals right around the globe.
Media attention brought on an investigation which proceeded in a very crooked way
Soil testing and mapping of the region were cunningly inept
The toxins in the soil and in the air of course they were not found.
Those absent ones we loved their hopes and dreams and aspirations
Their deaths and their long sufferings were sadly all in vain.
Because our corrupt and cowardly government to their everlasting shame
would not admit to their malpractice and just covered up of the tragedy
that occurred at Wentworth Park.
