Thursday, December 10, 2015

Miketz

Yosef interpreted the Pharaoh's dreams
and over-leapt twelve civil service grades
the unwashed Hebrew's wiser than he seems
and court magicians not worth what they're paid
invested with the powers of the state
he brought the landed gentry to their knees
his social safety net took up the weight
when famine threatened broad catastrophe
the power's his to try his brothers' souls
who treated him so badly in his youth
and pay them back for time spent in the hole
unless they've made teshuvah in plain truth
the denoument's deferred another week
to reconcile with soulmates that he seeks

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