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This poem is an open love letter from an unknown fan about one of the most flamboyant stars on the planet, who just happens to be old and German.


Your (Hero) worship

You stand on that podium in your expensive, sparkling splendour

You look like you could make the holiest of men a sex offender

But the look in your eyes promises that if I confessed, you’d never tell

You’d forgive our dirty secrets and we’d never go to hell

Against your raunchy red Prada shoes and Gucci glasses, I never had a hope

I’m entranced by your swagger and your angelic bling and I just don’t CARE that you’re the Pope.

That diamond-encrusted hat you wear gives me electric shocks

Is it true what they say about men with big golden crosses? That they have huge, throbbing flocks…

Of worshippers, who make it rain when you pass that silver plate around

But how much cheese would it take to see that designer cassock hit the ground?

You’ve got the biggest, swankiest bachelor pad in the whole of Rome

You’ve got a tricked-out, bullet-proof ride in which to take me home

You’ve got a huge gay entourage to fetch us breakfast and save your legs

They say your name is Benedict...well, hey, that’s how I like my eggs.

I dreamed about you last night and you looked at me and beckoned

Haven’t felt that excited since a young John Paul the Second

If you were an apostle, you’d be St Peter Von Teese

I hear you don’t use condoms, you’re just my kind of freak

Never thought I’d leave the strip clubs for the church, but now I’m your biggest fan

My affections are hard to win, but if anyone can, the Vati-can.

Vat-ican. Vat-ican.

Vati-can let me watch you, let me watch you vati-can, let me watch you that’s all I wanna do

Vati-can let me watch you, let me watch you Vatican, let me watch you and I’ll kneel for you.


Kneel for you.

I’ve been taken many ways, with whipped cream and syrup that’s maple-y

But you can take me to heaven and back.


Take me now

And take me

Papally.