Who doesn't like Queen Esther?
I doubt many would best her
Beguiling bad old Xerxes
(Achashverosh in verses)
saving the people of the Book
from a corrupt and dangerous crook
some reexamine the old story
finding some parts of it too gory
applying modern morals
to old historic quarrels
what fools they be
to live, to thrive!
the moral is
the Book's alive!
be drunk and merry on her day
(that's if the Bible has its way)
and don't forget, for her parade
it's costumes and a masquerade!
Author notes: image from the NY Times https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784680-Favorite-Book-or-Character-of-the-Bible
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