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In 1962, an accident occurred

During a simple, illicit act

And a coal mine caught on fire.

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Three attempts to smother it,

Each more desperate than the last,

Failed, to the ruin of the town.

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And the councilman responsible

Who dissembled and prevaricated

Stood, at last, before the judge

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But still that inferno rages,

Whispering beneath smouldering earth -

Unquenchable and irrepressible.

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My love for you is like this fire

A scandal, unstoppable and burning

Beneath the surface of my smile

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