Farewell then Benedict
You sounded like a posh egg
Rather than a rotten one.
Time to retreat and retire
Pipe and slippers, roaring fire
With no need to worry
About your Bedroom Tax.
You’ will be a recluse
In a country retreat
Somehow I don’t think
You’ll have much concern
About turning up the heating
Or missing a lunchtime seating.
But then I fear
That your view
Of a ‘simple life’
Is somewhat different to mine
Is somewhat different to mine
A bit like our opinions
Of the Catholic Church.
Dulwich Poet 1st March 2013
(Pope Benedict XVI stood down as leader of the Catholic Church, unprecedented in modern times)
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