Let’s go to Blackpool beach this year and not the Côte d'Azur.
I’ve made a few enquiries and I've ordered a brochure.
They had these tremors caused by shifting continental plates,
And I’m intrigued to see the sort of damage that creates.
The town may yet endure another round of seismic knocks,
If only in the form of what are known as aftershocks,
And you and I will have our cameras ready. When the joint
Starts jumping once again we’ll both be there to coo and point.
We’d clap at cracks appearing in the busy promenades,
We’d savour an arcade collapsing like a house of cards,
We’d cheer to see the Tower buckle like tin foil, or if
They have cliffs there we’d chuckle as it tumbled off a cliff.
In terms of fun geology this country mostly sucks,
But Blackpool’s quakes may indicate our lithosphere’s in flux.
You never know, the day may come when British people thrill
To geysers in the Gorbals and volcanic vents in Rhyl.
Last edited by Rob Stuart; 10-01-2013 at 02:38 PM.
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