Today's word: master-daddy (n.) a wearisome or precocious child, one trying to outdo their parents.

The story of David, Absalom and Joab is too complicated to repeat here. Suffice to say it's a typical Biblical story of incestual rape, murder, arson and lust for power. All with the aim of teaching important moral truths, of course.

In so far as this poem is concerned, the important thing is that Absalom sought to usurp his Father as King of Judah. Although David himself did not want his son harmed for his treachery, the young man still met a sticky end after the donkey he was riding galloped off and left him dangling by his hair from a tree -- got to love the creativity. You can read all about it in 2 Samuel, chapters 13 to 18.

Thanks for reading.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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