Three wishes

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Genie by repeatingarms, deviantart.com

“Dear Sir, I wish to make complaint
These fairy tales are very quaint,
And doubtless teach a thing or two
(The old ones better than the new)
But I had worked a thousand years
With wishes ringing in my ears,
All well and good… my job, I know,
But where did all the magic go?

I’m sitting, cooped up in this lamp,
With walls rubbed thin and rising damp,
My joints are creaking with disuse,
Becoming more of a recluse,
And so, at last, I make request
And hope you move at my behest…
And see your way to grant to me
A set of magic wishes three.

Come on, why not? There’s plenty still,
Aladdin had his worldly fill
And no-one’s bothered since to call,
So productivity can’t fall!
You never know, it might be cool
To let the Genie play the fool;
Might even do a bit of good,
I thought of several ways I could…

First, I’d banish television,
Thus ensuring there’s provision
For adventures to be sought and
New blood finding Samarkand.
Then the mobile phones could go;
They always ring, you never know
Just when the damned things will start beeping,
Mid-enchantment, waking, sleeping…

Consoles, tablets and computers,
Good for adults and commuters.
Magic went high tech and odder…
That’s no good as genie-fodder.
That could be my wishes three gone,
Why not get the wishes bang on?
So, my first real wish would be…
Banish new technology!

Which leaves me two, I know the score;
As I can’t take this anymore,
The second wish… a pension plan,
And all backdated, then I can
(After my thousand serving years…)
Indulge in holidays and beers,
A villa on some sunny beach…
And sit back thinking life’s a peach.

And for the last, don’t be a meanie,
Magic up a curvy Jeannie!
Please consider my request,
I know that you will do your best…
This lamp is dark and lacking cheer
And no-one knows I’m waiting here…
Life has been lonely, sort of tragic,
Since the world’s forgotten magic.”

Yours, respectfully,
The Genie of the Lamp
Samarkand, 2020

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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57 Responses to Three wishes

  1. Ritu says:
    February 3, 2020 at 06:27

    I wish you get your wishes, Genie!

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  2. jwebster2 says:
    February 3, 2020 at 06:35

    I walked the Golden Road to Samarkand back in the 1980s when it was still Soviet. A fascinating place indeed 🙂
    I think the genie would enjoy it

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  3. chasingbeans says:
    February 3, 2020 at 06:42

    I fulfill your wishes early, Genie!

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  5. Sadje says:
    February 3, 2020 at 08:17

    Aww, poor genie 🧞‍♂️! I do wish he gets his wishes.

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  6. The Story Reading Ape says:
    February 3, 2020 at 10:30

    Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
    From the POV of the Genie 🧞‍♀️

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  7. V.M.Sang says:
    February 3, 2020 at 10:37

    Poor genie. He’s right. Technology has banished magic! I hope he gets his wishes.( But then, how could I communicate with all the lovely peoply around the world I’ve met through technology?)

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  8. Mary Smith says:
    February 3, 2020 at 11:26

    I’d like the genie to be happy but I’m not sure if I want to go back to life without technology! But I hope he gets his retirement plan and his Jeannie 🙂

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  10. willowdot21 says:
    February 3, 2020 at 11:52

    Oh! Sue, this is so clever , But
    We might have remind this Genie
    To be careful what he wishes for
    In his time he’s been a twisted meanie.
    Often bringing more grief to the wisher’s door .
    If all the technology is gone
    Where will he get his flight from
    As for his pension pot
    It all disapeared the CEOs have spent the lot.
    And he should be careful wishing for a Jeanie
    She’ll spend his meagre funds on a bikini!
    Leaving him no surplus for beer
    And nag his rotten, I fear.
    Best he get the decorators in
    And cosy up the place and drink some GIN. 💜💜💜

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  11. fransiweinstein says:
    February 3, 2020 at 11:58

    What a coincidence. I have some of the same wishes.

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  14. OIKOS™-Publishing says:
    February 3, 2020 at 18:33

    Hope you will get, want you want to have. Like Jane (janedougherty.wordpress.com) you should hire a Oracle too. 😉 Michael

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  15. Joy Pixley says:
    February 3, 2020 at 19:46

    What a fun rhyme, I love it! And I can relate to the genie’s wish to get of technology — at least the annoying parts. But somehow keep the useful parts, like the one that I’m using to read this poem and comment on your post. Hmm, it’s more complicated than I’d realized, which is always dangerous when you pose a wish to a genie (or to his superiors, I’d guess)!

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  16. Bette A. Stevens says:
    February 3, 2020 at 23:20

    Oh such fun and wonderfully done! 🙂 May Genie’s wish come true…

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  18. jenanita01 says:
    February 4, 2020 at 09:35

    I hope we always believe in magic before technology. But when it works properly, that can be magic too!

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  20. purplepeninportland says:
    February 8, 2020 at 01:26

    I LOVE this, Sue. Never considered a genie’s point of view. The rhyming is fabulous as well.

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  21. Stine Writing says:
    April 17, 2020 at 01:10

    Great way of asking for three wishes!

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