Genie (Photo credit: KLuwak)
He’s quite a trickster genie
And his wishes hold a sting
So be careful with desires
Beware whiplashs they bring
You can have a sleek trim body
With your insides taken out
Or your touch can give you riches
But then food and wine’s a drought
If celebrity’s your yearning
To be favoured on the screen
You’ll become a flickering visual
With nothing left where you have been
You just wanting to be desired
Brings a stalker to your life
Or you crave a bit of drama
Meet a killer with his knife
So be careful of your wording
Give every wish a caveat
Or you’ll just be a poor mouse
For this playful, deadly cat
© Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
helenvalentina 
So Genie’s have a dark side, never saw that on I Dream of Genie!!! Well written Helen and a lovely sense of foreboding.
Thanks – just a spin on the ‘be careful what you wish for’ type of idea!! 🙂 🙂
well we all know the dangers of that, just that some of us never learn.
Hmm no Barbara Eden then? like the rhythm Helen …careful what you wish for I guess 🙂
Exactly!! Thanks!! 🙂 🙂
This poem is a lot of fun. 🙂
Thanks – it was kind of fun to write! 🙂 🙂
Fantastic Helen I am much too superstitious to pray/wish, I just keep thinking I’d word it wrong and wreck everything
It’s probably wise in any case…as they say…’be careful what you wish for…’ 🙂 🙂
They do and I have felt the consequences of a poorly worded wish