Eleven minutes
Fifteen seconds
Into the film
The Mayor of Santa Rosalia
Bald, fat and wearing
Sunglasses
Clearly not a man
Of modest means
Wants to pay a small visit
To Professor Paul Evans
Of the University of Toronto
A noted Archaeologist
Surveying Ancient Greek ruins
In Sicily
The mayor
Has a persistent cough
And its disgusting
The way he covers his mouth
With his handkerchief
Only to use it again
To wipe the sweat
Off his shiny forehead
‘For Christ’s sake!’
I shout out loud
‘You must stay home!’
You may only leave your home
For very limited purposes only!
Haven’t you read
The prime minister’s letter!
I urge him to stay home and save lives
He should have thrown away
That handkerchief immediately!
I’m certain his hands aren’t clean
But the mayor’s not listening!
The Canadian professor
Asks for local collaborators
For the upcoming dig
But the mayor explains
That the locals don’t like foreigners
There’s this local saying
‘The past stays dead!’
The dead must rest in peace!
But the Professor insists
They are Archaeologists
Not Gravediggers
The fools!
A virus is here
To wipe us out!
Can’t they see the priest
And the doctor
‘In their long coats’
Running over the ruins!
Fifteen seconds
Into the film
The Mayor of Santa Rosalia
Bald, fat and wearing
Sunglasses
Clearly not a man
Of modest means
Wants to pay a small visit
To Professor Paul Evans
Of the University of Toronto
A noted Archaeologist
Surveying Ancient Greek ruins
In Sicily
The mayor
Has a persistent cough
And its disgusting
The way he covers his mouth
With his handkerchief
Only to use it again
To wipe the sweat
Off his shiny forehead
‘For Christ’s sake!’
I shout out loud
‘You must stay home!’
You may only leave your home
For very limited purposes only!
Haven’t you read
The prime minister’s letter!
I urge him to stay home and save lives
He should have thrown away
That handkerchief immediately!
I’m certain his hands aren’t clean
But the mayor’s not listening!
The Canadian professor
Asks for local collaborators
For the upcoming dig
But the mayor explains
That the locals don’t like foreigners
There’s this local saying
‘The past stays dead!’
The dead must rest in peace!
But the Professor insists
They are Archaeologists
Not Gravediggers
The fools!
A virus is here
To wipe us out!
Can’t they see the priest
And the doctor
‘In their long coats’
Running over the ruins!
