By Any Other Name

The winner of this ode happens to be Jewish
Yet quotes the New Testament till she is blueish
(Face-wise, that is – not linguistically speaking –
That would be crossing the same line I’m breaching).
But she only went there ’cause I asked for more
(I’ve got to get better at evening the score).
The original quote – which was from the Good Old –
Leslie cottoned to, though she wasn’t so bold
As to feign that she knew it from her ’Braic past
(Trust me that I hang with a much higher class
Than I am – and though I should apologize
I’m not going to. So I’m sorry, you guys).
At any rate, “Branch,” when Isaiah said it,
Was way more metaphorical than I meant it.