Everybody wants to
get into the act,
said Jimmie Durante,
even Athenagoras
the Patriarch
of Constantinople.
Three times he exchanged
the kiss of peace
with Paul the Sixth
and vowed in Greek
and Latin before
the assembled bishops
cardinals and metropolitans
on TV
to end their differences
and honor
the seat in Rome

" Thousands of children, "
said the press,
" waved white carnations. "

That did it!
said the old maestro.
Everybody has to be