the wicked messenger

there was a wicked messenger

from eli he did come

with a mind that multiplied

the smallest matter

when questioned who had sent for him

he answered with his thumb

for his tongue it could not speak

but only flatter. he stayed behind the assembly hall

it was there he made his bed

oftentimes he could be seen returning

until one day he just appeared

with a note in his hand which read

the soles of my feet