The Pharaoh came from Egypt and said,
“Have you heard the news?
Holy freakin’ crap- We’re being
over run by Jews!
There’s gotta be a better way,
Something must be done!
I know what were gonna do!
We’ll kill their first born sons!”
I guess their plan would have worked,
But Jesus, Mary, Joseph!
A badass Jewish son was born,
His mother named him Moses.
She sent him down the river so,
That she could save his life,
Unfortunately he was found
By the Pharaoh’s wife.
I guess he looked Goyish enough,
Or no one looked to hard,
They got tipped off when he killed,
An Egyptian guard.
Then Moses said “Oh no, Some heavy
Shit be goin’ down,
I better go and take my ass, and
Run it out of town!”
Maybe he drank bad cactus juice,
Or his brain turned to mush,
When he saw God talk to him from,
Inside a burning bush.
He said “You have to save the Jews!
There really is no other.
Here take this guy, bet you didn’t
know I have a brother.”
Moses went to get the Jews,
But Egypt nearly flipped,
So God set out to curse them,
With some heavy fucked up shit.
Frogs and lice, blood and disease,
Locusts and freezing rain,
But it passed over all the Jews,
That’s right, hence the name.
They took off for the desert fast,
Or soon they would be dead,
But before they went, they said
“Hey, let’s bake some bread!”
They saw that was a bad idea,
They had to make it fast, see-”
So that’s why it was kind of flat,
And tasted pretty nasty.
Egyptians were hot on their trail,
Ready for the slaughter,
But the Jews were in good shape,
Till they encountered water.
They knew it was all over and,
The end was near for sho’!
Till Moses said, “I’ll show you all,
A neat trick that I know.”
So he parted the water and,
The Jews they did escape,
But not so much for Egyptians,
They met their watery fate.
The Jews had a good laugh at this,
But God made them think twice,
And now Passover they recall,
That wasn’t very nice.
But there’s a happy ending here,
To this first Passover,
The Jews soon found the promised land,
I think they call it Boca.
And that kids…is the story of Passover.
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Love this epic poem Marissa! Hyper clever to get Easter all wrapped in verse. Your shining work makes me smile 😀 Loved it, although can’t stop thinking about Target!! (It feels wrong to have favourites!!) This one is smart and sharp. Bravo.
Thanks you Lita! Just want to point out that the poem is actually about passover , close to Easter on the calendar but in fact 2 very different holidays
Ahh! Thanks for this. I just got the title now. Duh! I was reading it on my phone before, Makes more sense now!! 😀
Ha! We should’ve read this at our seder tonight. Would’ve livened things up a bit. Or just this, and then let’s eat already!
Thank you sparrow. I think this one went over most peoples heads. Glad to know there’s a kindred spirit!
LMAO! Forget poetry and music. You should do comedy. This was hilarious!
Thanks Phil! Glad you liked it!
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Really? Because this is awesome. I’m not sure what to say about the awesomeness of this. I love whatever was going on in your mind when you wrote this, Marissa.
Thank you much Sarah!
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