Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Man Denies Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (c. 1821) by John Martin
John Martin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

This poem satirically responds to elected officials who believe the climate crisis is a hoax, even with the ultraconservative IPCC’s 2019 dire warnings. I recall Jonathan Swift cared deeply about starvation in Ireland in 1729 so he wrote “A Modest Proposal” suggesting Irish babies be raised for meat and gloves as a way to draw attention from wealthy London investors.

Man Denies Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

 

It never happened. It was fake news.

Bodies in Pompeii were plaster casts.

There was no molten lava, pumice, ash.

 

What scientists and researchers call

unequivocal evidence

is just a matter of liberal opinion.

 

Don’t tell me about

Pliny the Younger as he also thought

there was a man named Jesus.

 

I mean how likely is it

a fire-raining volcano would

surprise so many

 

talking in gardens, eating lunch,
wondering what the day would bring?

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