_8. Gulf

How much?
10,000 barrels,
a millionth of an ounce in a bathtub,
an oceanliner ever four days.
We don’t know.
A four inch hole in the sea floor
someone tipping and losing a drink.
It isn’t the first time.
What do you do with all that oi?
Some say disperse,
some say,
“nothing.”
The earth knows better than we do
the sea will heal its own.