vayechi

embittered Jacob died beside the Nile
his stolen blessing having come to naught
instead of bounty to end in exile
a bitter joke that bowl of pottage bought
to bless the pharaoh upends on its head
the benedictions Yitzhak laid on him
his life unfurled far from what his father said
when Jacob's weren't the eyes that were dim
the famine long ago had run its course
but homeward trek each day still seemed too much
to overcome dead Rachel's binding force
surviving only in Yosef's hands' touch
at last, he blessed two sons instead of one
redressing what Yitzhak had blindly done