<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=565115" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Genie</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was given a lot of work, one day in school, <br>Surely boring math and science, fit for a fool.<br>I prayed God to grant me a wish<br>He sent a genie with a swish.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With very little hair, short and stout, <br>Wearing a yellow shirt, like a scout.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">God granted me this wish under one condition, <br>The genie must never be jobless in any situation.<br>Failing which my head would burst into ten piece.<br>Thinking of my homework, I was at peace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a soft voice, the genie said, “Give me your command” <br>Complete all my homework was my only demand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought him to be a dork, <br>But it completed all my home work<br>Within a second.<br>To my fates end</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Again it asked for a command, what could be said, <br>If I don’t say any, I would be dead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then I handed him a broom<br>And asked it to clean my room.<br>As cleaning my room is a difficult task, <br>I thought I would sit and bask.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But to my great surprise, <br>It cleaned my room before I could blink my eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I didn’t know what to say next, <br>If I don’t say my head would be a bust.<br>Thinking, I went near the window sill, <br>Where I found a dog, whose tail was never still.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then looking at my genie, feeling very pale<br>I asked him to straighten the dog’s tail.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The genie went and tried<br>To straighten the dog’s tail, but he failed.<br>The genie tried in shine and rain, <br>But the tail would bend back without any pain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Being successful in my command, <br>At the thought of having saved my head.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I felt water splashing on my face, <br>Then I got up from the daze.<br>Neither dog nor genie<br>Homework still to be done by me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But when my dream comes true <br>What would I do?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Meenakshi+Hariharan">Meenakshi Hariharan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=565115" data-title="My Genie de Meenakshi Hariharan" data-description="I was given a lot of work, one day in school, Surely boring math and science, fit for a fool. I prayed God to grant me a wish He sent a genie with a swish. With very little hair, short and stout, Wearing a yellow shirt, like a scout. God grant..."></div> </div> </div>

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