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Power Play

(Sonnet urging U.S. drivers to boycott Exxon
gasoline in solidarity with U.K. efforts)

Bianca Jagger, Annie Lennox and
Anita Rodrick (of the Body Shop)
Have launched a U.K. boycott to demand
That Exxon mend it ways and put a stop
To corporate mendacity of claims
That CO2 emissions do not cause
Warming of the environment. Their names
Spearhead growing resistance that deplores
The trashing of Kyoto, and renews
Calls to revive the protocol. Now since
Both Shell and BP-Amoco withdrew
From Exxon's efforts, this should help convince.
If U.S. drivers won't buy at the pump,
Think of our power when Exxon's sales slump!

June 2001




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