Ok, so I live just outside the caldera of a very active, but very tiny, volcano. What could go wrong?
It blew 2 years ago and has been venting and rumbling ever since. Yesterday it was acting up more than usual. Today it's steaming. Never-ending minor earthquakes.
I wrote this today while my wife grabbed a few things in the store. btw, her family doesn't sacrifice goats, she doesn't have an Uncle Joe, and it was my idea to live there. We've hiked inside the new small crater before.
I welcome collabs. Just ask. The answer is yes.
That thing's gonna blow
We woke up to the rumble
Like an upset stomach sound
I had to check it wasn't me
That shaking's in the ground!
It's more than just the earthquakes
And all that smoke and steam
When lightning's dancing in the cone
That thing looks pretty mean
We best round up the children CH
Food n water, grab some clothes
This ain't no time to fool around
Cuz that thing's gonna blow!
At the risk of being obvious
Let me say I told you so
You're the one who said "Live here!"
Now that thing's gonna blow!
You talked me into moving here
"This place has quite a view"
But if we lose it all again
It's on account of you
If we leave the pigs n chickens
There's room for Tito Joe
We probably dont have much choice
But he dont like me though
We best round up the children. CH
Food n water, grab some clothes
This ain't no time to fool around
Cuz that thing's gonna blow!
At the risk of being obvious
Let me say I told you so
You're the one who said "Live here!"
Now that thing's gonna blow!
Did anyone see Lola? V/BR
I thought I heard a yelp
Your Mama sacrificed a goat !?!?
Don't think that's gonna help
We best round up the children. CH
Food n water, grab some clothes
This ain't no time to fool around
Cuz that thing's gonna blow!
At the risk of being obvious
Let me say I told you so
You're the one who said "Live here!"
Now that thing's gonna blow!
You're the one who said "Live here!"
Now that thing's gonna blow!
@yewnorker Feb 2022
This is a humorous take on life next to a volcano, but the reality is anything but humorous. Lives & livelihoods disrupted, sometimes permanently. Another time I'll do a realistic take on life and death near a volcano. Sad Sad Blues, of course.
@roddy Feb 2022
Witty, funny and completely believable. Very good writing.