Pope Leo XIV
Trump's second choice pick
after himself
© Rachel Green May 2025
VII.II
The ladder to the skylight is a little hard to climb
with the heavy jar of pennies and the tins
so she stand half-way up and pushes through the rime
that has formed upon the sill from icy winds.
As she pushes out the plastic bag and lifts the heavy jar
a crop of tiny fungi starts to bloom
upon the wooden ladder and across the snowy tar
toward the roof where tenant met his doom.
She scrambles from the skylight and onto melting slush
where the fungal heat has grown under the roof
and sees that she has left a trail within the icy mush
that reveals her lack of innocence and youth.
© Rachel Green May 2025
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