Double dactyls: Mattot-Mass’ei

A double this week!

Shicketty-shacketty,
Spoils from Midian:
Cattle and donkeys that
Moses did take.

Legally, there is some
Dubitability;
Practically, hey, here’s some
Booty to shake!

…and…

Axehandle, axehandle,
Unforeseen manslaughter:
Went to cut wood and de-
Tached someone’s head?

Killers who killed people
Involuntarily:
Cities of refuge are
Where they all fled.

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.