Copyright © 2009 Ernest Bloom.
Just like those zany kids Mordecai and Esther,
getting into trouble on a slow Wednesday night.
"So whatcha wanna do then, Mordecai?"
"Well, I was just thinking," replies Mordecai, her cousin,
"why don't we send out one a them, whaddaya call 'ems,
them chain letters, doncha know, advising the chosen ones
throughout the land how best to par-tay down, in observance of
the slaughter of Haman and his wicked co-believers?"
"Oh, that is a good one, doncha know then," Esther concurs,
reaching for a pen. Then, smirking, she adds with a sniff:
"Them Persians will never treat our people with such
disrespect again."
"Them chain letters." LOL. Priceless.
ReplyDeleteI like the twist: chosen ones.
The 'Persian/Haman' allusions were a nice touch.
I haven't read 'The Book of Esther,' but isn't Purim a celebration of Jewish deliverance?
the link beneath the painting explains it more succinctly than i could.
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