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The Smoke That Must Be White
by Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA → (All Poetry by Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA)
Saturday, October 11, 2025 Rated "G" by the Author.

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The red robed supplicants Are sequestered Inside the Sistine.
Shhh. Silence. The red robed supplicants Are sequestered Inside the Sistine. They speak In silent supplications To the spirits To pronounce a Pontiff. The stewards are set To send the smoke. The smoke That must be white.

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Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on October 12, 2025

It's an old ritual. But I wonder if it's valid anymore? Are Pontiffs even valid? Are kings?

Ron

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