Tear-laden cumulonimbus clouds scudded like Korean missiles over Vatican City as the Dean of the College of Cardinals, his red robes billowing like a blood-stained Jolly Roger, returned from the Papal balcony with tear-soaked hanky and red-rimmed eyes that only moments before glanced up to the ever-vigilant statues of the Baptist, the Redeemer and the Evangelist who stood upright like teenage willies and watched over the Church's minions filling Saint Peter's Square where the Dean had announced
Published on July 05, 2009 07:12