Pope Pi
There was no way that we weren’t going to be here
resign in 600 years, proclaimed the pair
a Krakow native who slept near
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pilgrims thronged St. Peter’s Square
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the event as a miracle. Last year
in public since his resignation
the 20th century, in an elaborate
prefect of the Congregation
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city to a virtual standstill Sunday
both were proposed for canonization
who landed in Rome Monday
of the sainthood causes of the two pontiffs
wishes to avoid the elaborate, multiday.
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All lines sourced from:
* http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/blog/oulipost-27-irrational-sonnet/
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