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The Siege Of Caffa

May 14, 2022
By jordanmeininger234 BRONZE, Wentzville, Missouri
jordanmeininger234 BRONZE, Wentzville, Missouri
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We were safe in our walls

The Mongols were outside

Then we saw something fall

And our eyes went plate wide


The bodies were falling 

No one was truly safe

The Black Death was calling

To that scared Caffa place


We heard a whoosh and thump

And that's right when we knew

The bodies were just dumped

And we all would be through


The bodies were falling 

No one was truly safe

The Black Death was calling

To that scared Caffa place


The bodies kept flying 

One by one, two by two

Our people kept dying

One by one said adieu


The bodies were falling 

No one was truly safe

The Black Death was calling

To that scared Caffa place


Most of Caffa was dead

Europe was next in line

The Mongol cowards fled

Europe ignored the signs


The bodies were falling 

No one was truly safe

The Black Death was calling

To that unaware place


The author's comments:

This ballad is about the Siege of Caffa, which is one of the first recorded instances of biological warfare and a hypothesized way that the Black Death reached Europe.


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Afra ELITE said...
on Jun. 9 2022 at 2:59 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

Reading such a remarkable ballad after a long time!!!⭐⭐⭐