Once upon a time
There was a group of Persian Jews
They were almost slaughtered,
Thus the Jews were not amused.
This story starts in Shushan
With a naked, modest Goyim
And for King Ahasuerus --
Well - she really did annoy'im!
So the King - went - out
To look for a new wife.
His servants searched the land,
As they lacked a social life!
They lined up all the women,
Beauty everywhere.
Though none - as - pretty
As our fair Esther.
She left her older cousin,
His name was Mordechai.
Some think he was 'er uncle,
But that's totally a lie!
One thing is for sure:
He was a wise guy.
He even saved the monarch's life:
The king - he did not die.
Life was pleasant for a while
Till this one vizier,
This bad dude Haman,
Completely insecure!
Due to an ego complex,
(Jew man Freud might say,)
He wanted all the Jews dead,
Would not accept delay!
The king he signed the edict
This pork spending all in there.
When the Jews found out,
They deemed it un-Kosher!
They fasted for three days,
All with empty pots.
Their spirits: complex-fractured,
Needed a cast a lot!
Mordechai said to Cous',
"Now is the time to pounce!"
So Esther risked her life:
Walked into court unannounced.
She snagged the king for dinner,
Served highly tolerable stew.
Esther said she was a Jew,
Which no one really knew!
She told of her people:
Extermination plan.
The king reacted with good will:
"That's not cool Haman!"
In the end he fixed the problem,
With a bit of thread.
Haman did not hang out long,
Fled? Or maybe dead.
The moral of this story:
Don't marry a cute Jew.
She may really be pretty,
But she'll tell you what to do.
- Yaffe
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goy
"In modern Hebrew and Yiddish the word goy is the standard term for a gentile."]
