Holy Smoke
Heads are bowed low in prayer and respect, while the final verdict is awaited.
Only for the successor to the 'Bishop of Rome', would hundreds of thousands gather this way?
Long and ancient is the list of those who have been elected this way, and now the cast of 'Aged Bishops' have a decision to make.
You were young and headstrong when you started this journey, now you sit with the elite in the 'Sistine Chapel'.
So many years of bowing and scraping it took, to gain membership to the 'College of Cardinals', that you too have aged like your master, now resting In State.
Many of those with you live in the hope that the 'Papal Conclave' will make them their choice, but most have no more chance than a lowly priest.
Only one of the many will survive this political anarchy, to become the new saint's successor.
Kindle is prepared for a pyrotechnic spectacle, will the plume of 'Holy Smoke' blooming from the chimney be 'Nera' or 'Bianca', is the question that is asked, again and again.
E' Fumata Bianca, euphoria erupts in 'St. Peter's Square', for men of infinite wisdom, have chosen their new 'Pope' to become the 'Right Hand of God'.
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