Short Balaam Poems

The For-Profit Prophet

     Balaam was a prophet
       who knew every trick in the book
     But when it came to justice and virtue
       he was no better than a crook

     A mercenary, a hired gun
       a man of insatiable greed
     Tried to curse the Jews to feed his need
       But the words that came out were blessings

     All along G-d knew Balaam’s plan
        blunted his evil intentions 
     Exposing Balaam ~ a would-be con-man