The Pope is putting
the 'mobile in gear
in preparation
for the United States leg
of his world tour.
He will arrive
in Washington, D.C.
on September 23.
A school in a poor East Harlem neighborhood
is planting chrysanthemums
to liven up
barren flowerbeds
and show they're taking care
of their community.
Gift shops
are stocking up
on equal parts
sincere and heretical
Pope plushie dolls.
And Republican members of Congress
running for president in 2016
are agonizing over
which level of forgiveness
will keep them from
alienating their base
(and he's now
more pro-choice
or at least
more pro-forgiving of the
"sin of abortion"
than they are).
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
