Smoke starts to rise
Not from a candle,
but the mountainside
A noise,
A grumble,
The Earth's tummy did now rumble
The locals, now fleeing their home
Herculaneum to Pompeii
Remembered forever on this one immortal day
Vesuvius, she opened her hatch
To terror and fury
Not one human could match
As we visit in hoards
Those folk forever in volcanic lava
Even a dog and it's man
Couldn't escape that horrific palaver
JJB
May 26
May 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM UTC
Smoke starts to rise
Not from a candle,
but the mountainside
A noise,
A grumble,
The Earth's tummy did now rumble
The locals, now fleeing their home
Herculaneum to Pompeii
Remembered forever on this one immortal day
Vesuvius, she opened her hatch
To terror and fury
Not one human could match
As we visit in hoards
Those folk forever in volcanic lava
Even a dog and it's man
Couldn't escape that horrific palaver
JJB
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