Dear Genie (A note Affixed to a Bottle)
Get back into the bottle. You’re doing nothing right.
The Adonis I requested just the other night
turned out to be the plumber. He got here around nine,
but the pipes he chose to work on were not any pipes of mine.
A problem with your hearing is a possibility,
so for now there’s only one more wish that I would ask of thee.
A doctor of ear, nose and throat you need to visit, please,
for when I requested money, you brought me hives of bees.
Now I’ve sufficient honey and beeswax it appears—
almost as much as I imagine you have in your ears.
As it is, each thing I wish for occasions my new fears.
So you’re confined to quarters ’til your hearing reappears!
The prompt today is genie.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I like that he failed to work on the correct pipes. Maybe next time a carpenter with a big hammer and a few long nails?
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Naughty naughty. Just finally got my illustration posted. My camera broke, it won’t take photos from my other camera, can’t figure out how to get them from Kindle to my computer. Finally my phone charged and I took new photos and found one to work. Took more time trying to illustrate than to write the poem..Look again for the right photo..
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Ha ha ha, delightful!
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Hahaha Terrific!
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This is so cute, Judy. Yes, stuff that genie back in the bottle until his hearing improves. Nothing worse than being misheard when it comes to granting wishes!
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enjoyed this
have you read a short story called The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A S Byatt? You would probably like it
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No.. I will try to find it, Moon. Thanks.
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Cute!
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