I opened the
bottle,
the genie was
there
Give me a wish
for whatever you
care
So, I did:
End hunger
throughout the world
Peace in
Palestine and Israel
The evaporation
of Donald Trump
The end of daily
shootings
The genie
groaned,
For goodness’
sake
ask something
simple
like a woman
with a dimple
or a dozen
golden eggs
She
looked at him
with
her adoring eyes
A
worthy man,
a
valuable prize
He
looked back at her
with
growing desire
for
a smiling woman
who
ignited his fire
The
hunt was now over
for
remarkable prey
finding
what they wanted
for
a lifetime of play
She
surfaces for a moment
like
a tulip in early spring,
swaying
so brightly in the breeze,
then
her petals fall to the ground
and
she is gone, perhaps forever
