pope francis
stood before the calabrese
stricken with grief
for the death
of a 3-year-old lamb
shot and burned along side his grandfather
by the black hand
over cocaine
he wept for the child
he wept for italy
in the middle of his mass he broke
from the liturgy
and spoke directly to the mafia
declaring they
represent an adoration of evil
and contempt for the common good
palm raised toward heaven
he declared those involved
no longer had the ear of god
they are excommunicated
he then visited the sick in a local hospice
and as he left
humbly asked
to have a splinter removed
the world media outlets
clamoring for ratings
immediately began speculating
as to the personal and physical danger
the pontiff may now be in
facing possible retaliation
the wrath of mafia capo regime
now i’m sitting there
and i laugh
thinking if he was a tarantino character
he’d be jules in pulp fiction
i picture his papal wallet
what a bad ass
the jesuit francis is
he is a true priest
a fierce advocate for his congregation
a representative of divinity
he says things the underlings don’t like
about poverty, sexuality, and corruption
and the official spin doctors of god
shit themselves running
the news outlets ignore the more fundamental story
as soon as he was elected to the papacy
he vowed to reform the scandalous vatican bank
the ironically named
institute for religious works
promising to stamp out the fires
of corruption
heads began to roll
this is where his holiness
faces the true threat
there are gangsters
far more evil than la cosa nostra
amidst the church’s ranks
if anyone is going to put a hit on
the holy father
should he be poisoned
fall down the stairs
or die suddenly in the night
it will come from men wearing red vestments
whispering conspiracies
during vespers