{"id":41017,"date":"2019-04-18T19:32:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41017"},"modified":"2019-04-18T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:50:20","slug":"notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A conundrum exists<br \/>\nIn so many hearts<br \/>\nThe twin towers suggests<br \/>\nSomething more<br \/>\nWatching the images<br \/>\nThe exposition<br \/>\nThe prejudices<br \/>\nIn the raw<\/p>\n<p>A great church<br \/>\nIs burning<br \/>\nWhat misunderstanding<br \/>\nThe fire going<br \/>\nAgainst the flow<br \/>\n800 year oaks<br \/>\ndont go up like matchwood<br \/>\nThe systems in place<br \/>\nWere to show<\/p>\n<p>This couldnt happen<br \/>\nThis was no accident<br \/>\nNo renovation was happening where<br \/>\nThe fire really started<br \/>\nHow the flames had darted<br \/>\nHow everyone there was aware<\/p>\n<p>The chief architect<br \/>\nBErnard Mouton<br \/>\nMakes his point clear<br \/>\nSaying he<br \/>\nKnows that it wasnt an accident<br \/>\nThe conspiracy and tragedy<\/p>\n<p>6.20 alarms raised a query<br \/>\nThe fire brigade they were on site<br \/>\nNo fire was burning<br \/>\nNothing concerning<br \/>\nAnd then it was terribly bright<br \/>\nThirty whole minutes<br \/>\nOf something<br \/>\nUnmentionable  then what  we saw<br \/>\nFlames licking higher<br \/>\nRight up the spire<br \/>\nNotre dame was alight<br \/>\nAt its core<\/p>\n<p>Patriots voices lit up the sky<br \/>\nA manifestation<br \/>\nOf somebody&#8217;s lie<br \/>\nThere were no workmen<br \/>\nNo accident there<br \/>\nNo welding no blow lamps<br \/>\nShort circuits<br \/>\nTo scare<\/p>\n<p>It cannot be terror<br \/>\nIt just cannot be<br \/>\nThe great celebration<br \/>\nIt explicitly<br \/>\nLit up the night sky<br \/>\nIts  eye catching screams<br \/>\nLets proclaim to the heavens<br \/>\nThat its not all it seems<\/p>\n<p>The yellow vest protests<br \/>\nSo many weeks<br \/>\nThe streets full of smoke<br \/>\nIt clearly reeks<br \/>\nOf civil disruption<br \/>\nThe mood can it be<br \/>\nConcealing the fact<br \/>\nThat a conspiracy<\/p>\n<p>Of silence is manifest<br \/>\nNobody dares<br \/>\nTo suggest such a happening<br \/>\nAhead of the prayers<br \/>\nThe dictum of secrecy<br \/>\nSome corroboration<br \/>\nEmphatic denials<br \/>\nA confutation<\/p>\n<p>Obliteration defacement<br \/>\nAnd all<br \/>\nExpunging the memories<br \/>\nOf the great spire<br \/>\nSo tall<br \/>\nIts bodying forth<br \/>\nIts dignified stance<br \/>\nLooking down on the teargas<br \/>\nA sermon by chance<\/p>\n<p>The apparent unwillingness<br \/>\nTo try to restore<br \/>\nThere just was no antidote<br \/>\nNot anymore<br \/>\nNo redress no solution<br \/>\nIts seemed out of hand<br \/>\nThe factions were rising<br \/>\nRight across this land<\/p>\n<p>And then in the night sky<br \/>\nA violence was seen<br \/>\nFerocious and savage<br \/>\nAnd equally mean<br \/>\nThe great Notre Dame<br \/>\nHad withstood war before<br \/>\nAnd now was alight<br \/>\nFrom its very core<\/p>\n<p>Hoses and fire man<br \/>\nAnd smoke clouds all rose<br \/>\nAll were enraged<br \/>\nAt  what this did pose<br \/>\nPerhaps an irreverence<br \/>\nThen disapprobation<br \/>\nDisillusionment rising<br \/>\nRight across the nation<\/p>\n<p>Time time will tell<br \/>\nReligion plays host<br \/>\nAn illumination<br \/>\nOf the holy ghost<br \/>\nA total immersion<br \/>\nA requiem seen<br \/>\nIn the most heavenly light<br \/>\nThat there ever had been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conundrum exists In so many hearts The twin towers suggests Something more Watching the images The exposition The prejudices In the raw A great church Is burning What misunderstanding The fire going Against the flow 800 year oaks dont &hellip; 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