[Newspoetry] Pope Dies -- Bush declares candidacy; Rove to Rome

[Donald L Emerick]

POPE DIES ON CATHOLIC DIET

Protesting the death of TS,
Paul ripped his tubes out,
depriving himself of life,
as a hydroponic miracle-gro,
as a holy loose leaf leader
of vegetables world-wide.

Vegetables everywhere sighed,
and converted by the billions
to honor their green leader.

Cabbages and other kings
could not lift their heads,
so thick were their leaves
wrapped around, in shrouds.

"No vegetable wants to be
eaten by the barbarians,
we hate the callous skinning,
the peeling away of our flesh,
being sliced and diced alive."

Mrs. Broccoli of Florida Citrus
immediately appealed for prayers,
that Jeb Bush instantly took up:
"Oh, Lord, I became a Catholic,
not just for easy vote-gettings,
but also to be keep myself alive,
and not to be declared deader
than any doornail electorally
when they found I had no brain."

His pious fraudulency himself,
Pope George Bush ordered flags
to fall down, dismast, distaff:
"Let nothing fly erectly high,
the old Pope has passed away,
and when the election comes,
I hope, by winning this contest,
to be America's Papal President."

Reached for comment, Rove said:
"There's nothing we won't steal;
there are many petty clerics,
and Cardinals can come and go."
And, then he left us for Rome.