Wednesday, July 31, 2024

ALADDIN SANE

Instead of demanding 
that he live 
forever

(against the rules 
anyway, to hear it from 
its servant's mouth), 

the unlikely true master 
of the power 
of that lamp 

merely rubbed it 
gently as he wished 
under his breath 

for a swift but lasting 
end to his perennial 
fear of death.