Double dactyls: Mishpatim

Chippety-choppety
Capital punishment –
Men who smite other men
Surely shall die.*

If all the proof is there,
Incontrovertibly:**
Tooth for a tooth and an
Eye for an eye.

*do not try this at home (go to a friend’s house to do it)

**this is very important and is why capital punishment is never really carried out in the Jewish tradition

You can play too by posting in the comments! A reminder of the rules of the “dismally difficult” double dactyl:

1. There must be eight lines.
2. Lines 1-3 and 5-7 must each consist of a pair of dactyls (that is, dum-der-der dum-der-der).
3. Lines 4 and 8 must be choriambs (that is, dum-der-der-dum).
4. Lines 4 and 8 must rhyme.
5. Line 1 must be nonsense.
6. Line 2 must be the subject of the poem, ideally a name that is itself a pair of dactyls (eg ‘Laurence Olivier’).
7. Line 6 must be a single word that is itself a pair of dactyls (eg ‘cardiovascular’).

And my own past entries can be found here.