Pontignex - new from Papa Possum
October's satire, "Pontignex".
Enjoy, or not.
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Pontignex
In Isto Signo Consumeris
The manufactured fanfare blares
with hyperbolic bray:
a social justice holy man,
soldier for the “third way,”
jesuit in franciscan robes,
evangel for the clime,
vicar of “neither marx nor Christ”
(yet both at the same time),
ideologue in fishing shoes
our hemisphere now becks.
Now comes dear leader's claim to pope.
Now comes the marxifex.
With manifesto rhetoric,
with scorn for Markets Free,
with “Holy See” now suffixed by
cyrillic “ccp,”
with standard new: in red for white,
in gold - a star for crown
and workers' tools for the crossed keys,
with Free Will upside-down,
with new religion for new world,
with all as its subjects,
now comes the melding of two faiths.
Now comes the marxifex.
The paparazzi palpitate,
reporters swoon and sway,
the ruling class play courtiers,
celebrities cliché,
tyrants queue up for their prestige,
congressmen weep and wring,
for when, at last, at the u.n.,
he'll kiss the new world ring.
But pews are empty, wallets close
as Country Class suspects
they've now got First Amendment case...
thanks to the marxifex.
Pontignex, Copyright © 2015 Papa Possum
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Hear the audio stream here: http://papapossum.blogspot.com/2015/1...
Enjoy, or not.
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Pontignex
In Isto Signo Consumeris
The manufactured fanfare blares
with hyperbolic bray:
a social justice holy man,
soldier for the “third way,”
jesuit in franciscan robes,
evangel for the clime,
vicar of “neither marx nor Christ”
(yet both at the same time),
ideologue in fishing shoes
our hemisphere now becks.
Now comes dear leader's claim to pope.
Now comes the marxifex.
With manifesto rhetoric,
with scorn for Markets Free,
with “Holy See” now suffixed by
cyrillic “ccp,”
with standard new: in red for white,
in gold - a star for crown
and workers' tools for the crossed keys,
with Free Will upside-down,
with new religion for new world,
with all as its subjects,
now comes the melding of two faiths.
Now comes the marxifex.
The paparazzi palpitate,
reporters swoon and sway,
the ruling class play courtiers,
celebrities cliché,
tyrants queue up for their prestige,
congressmen weep and wring,
for when, at last, at the u.n.,
he'll kiss the new world ring.
But pews are empty, wallets close
as Country Class suspects
they've now got First Amendment case...
thanks to the marxifex.
Pontignex, Copyright © 2015 Papa Possum
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Hear the audio stream here: http://papapossum.blogspot.com/2015/1...
Bravo!
Still waiting and looking forward to a published copy of your collected works.
Thank you. :)
O.A.
From the Greek
kak·is·toc·ra·cies. Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. Origin of kakistocracy. Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco– + –cracy.
I've had dogs that could bark better than these people can govern.
Thanks for reading. Jan.
The Pope is pushing a socialist agenda and all that is missing is the ability to enforce it.
I am amused (but don't know if I am supposed to be...) at the play on "CCP" for a rhyme when it is actually pronounced "SSR". Was this deliberate?
Jan
meter.
Grows greater all the time,
His insights are so awesome,
His conclusions are sublime.
When mystics claim to tell the truth,
Their conclusions eschew fun,
Remember at the voting booth
All that's missing is the Hun.
Like the terms you can come with like "manifesto rhetoric," "paparazzi palpitate." and "new world ring."
Any time I look at John Boehnor.
Yes, the Catholic Church has always preached a form of socialism, but up until recently has stayed out of economic policy and focused mainly on cultural issues.
Thank you very much for catching that typo.
And thanks for reading.
:-) Another good one Eud. Since the Church has a structure similar to Socialism and Communism the Popes views shouldn't be all that surprising.
At the end Country Class is spelled wrong. It says County Class.
Thanks for reading.
the Church can swing either way-I am reminded of the Church's tacit support of Mussolini- let's see genocide upwards of 300k people I think
The Pope is called the "pontiff." Pontiff is short for "pontifex." Pontifex is Latin for "builder of the bridge" (between man and God). I titled the piece "Pontignex" which is mock Latin (close enough) for "burner of the bridge" (between the Catholic church and its parisoners). Throughout the piece, I also call the Pope "marxifex" which is mock Latin (again, close enough) for "builder of the marx".
The subtitle of the piece is a play on the Latin motto "In hoc signo vinces" - "in this symbol, you shall conquer", a reference to the cross. The Latin which I used was "In isto signo consumeris" - "in such a symbol, you shall be used up (consumed)", a reference to the hammer and sickle.