Potpourri Poem by Stanley Cooper

When the returns were in from the holy committee
White smoke appeared in Vatican City
The secret conclave agreed to decree
The supreme authority for the High Holy See

It was a large Cardinal potpourri
Choosing which of them the new Pope would be
With Gods help it was predetermined
The electors determine the pick of a German

Pope Benedict the Sixteenth, will be the Pope’s name
A name, much like Paul, will have Papacy fame
Heaven knows why, of the Cardinals rejection
To Pope Stanley the Second in their Papal election

by Stanley the First…