The name of this beastly verse? 666!

That’s ‘six six six,’ you daft devil, not six

Hundred and sixty-six. Oh, take your pick;

Same thing, ain’t it? Saints hate it. John depicts

The beast at the time of apocalypse

Behaving badly, more than men. He flits

And flops about, putting us in a fix

Causing us to forget the crucifix

Which has some bad effects that almost nix

Our slim resurrectionary prospects

But never fear, fear God, read his edicts

In Biblical tracts, obey Benedict’s

Dictates and those of prelates; I predict

That by eternal flames you’ll not be licked