Walls of Pompeiian Red

stuck like a bus in the campanian sun
following a long line of romans to their mid-day meal
your footsteps stilled await the tiles of their imagination
and under your feet the volcano’s impatient hills reclaim themselves
fellini music gryphon holding a man in his own cage

stuck like a bus in this neighborhood place in naples
following a long line sitting royally at the head of the table
your footsteps stilled await his father grandfather uncle
and under your feet the volcano’s impatient hills the goat god is laughing too
fellini music gryphon is almost ready

so we went into the campanian sun
family joy boy of romans to their mid-day meal
to his sides the tiles of their imagination
walls of pompeiian red reclaim themselves
get him a beer his pizza holding a man in his own cage

so we went into this neighborhood place in naples
family joy boy sitting royally at the head of the table
to his sides his father grandfather uncle
walls of pompeiian red the goat god is laughing too
get him a beer his pizza is almost ready

from Amateur Mythology (2017)