A CHURCH IS BURNING

A church is burning.

Not just any church,

But the Notre-Dame of Paris.

How Victor Hugo must feel,

Or would feel

If he were witnessing

This sadness

Burning before our eyes.

Or his Hunchback.

Sad fellow.

Loathed by everyone except

Esmeralda.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/paris-notre-dame-cathedral-on-fire-reuters.html :

Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral has been saved from “total destruction,” according to a French fire official, after a massive fire ripped through the structure on Monday and caused the roof and main spire to collapse.

While it will take another three or four more hours to contain the fire, the official said the two towers have now been saved. That news come as a sign of relief after one of the towers caught fire earlier in the evening. Earlier, a French Interior Ministry official had said that firefighters might not be able to save the cathedral.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6931887/Notre-Dame-shut-five-six-years-repairs-spires-rooster-discovered-rubble.html