"No Popery" Ian Paisley cried,
and now that John Paul II has died,
there is no Pope,
so can we hope
for Orangemen with peace inside?
They just can't cope
without a Pope.
The Papists want a Papacy
and Paisley needs an enemy.
Without a Pope
they'd all just . . . mope.
It makes you think:
what if it pushed them off the brink
what if it made them turn to drink
or even . . . turn to dope?
Might be a blessing in disguise.
Imagine if the smokes that rise
above the Convocation
(as they all grope
for a new pope)
should symbolise a wider scope
for toleration?
What if the newly chosen Pope,
red-eyed, and reading Rattigan
loped lazily around the Vatican
flashing the peace sign,
Oh wow. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Fine.
But that could be a slippery slope
No-one would want a hippy Pope.
Nope.
We should not hope
for a doped pope;
but could we simply go for one
that has a well developed sense of fun?
(Perhaps when Ratslinger has gone?)
(c) Richard Lawson
M4
7.4.05
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