Poem VII: 79 AD

Pompeii BVRNED,

that we know:

buried in lava

and ash, and flying pumice.

Everyone’s lungs

were vaporized

with sulphurous gas.

Herculanaeum also got hit.

And what survived?

Three things:

1. murals
2. graffiti
3. and corpse-shapes

in other words

1. painting
2. poetry
3. and sculpture