Ice Ice baby

the Pope

takes a few hours out of his day

to go

bless

a giant ice cube

brought in by some climate

activists

from Helsinki.

there's a blue light under

the melting rock

to add

to the ceremony.

he says a few words

in Latin,

then English, then Italian

with

his hands over

the melting chunk of ice,

then they take

it away.

chipping it up for mocktails

on the veranda.

someone pops

on a Vanilla Ice song,

which gets this party started,

the Pope jumps up,

and all the nuns

begin to sway.