A Wife's Three Wishes

I found a golden lamp
containing a magical jinn.
My wife snatched it from me
and said with sly grin:

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“Why thank you, my dear.”
She rubbed it and 'Poof!'
there floated a genie,
and I stood aloof.

I said to the genie
“I'm your master, not she!”
but he bowed down to her
saying “I grant three wishes to thee.”

She said “Wash my dishes,”
and without any delay
the genie went to the sink
and began scrubbing away.

Next she said “Clean the toilet,”
and the genie obediently went
to the bathroom where he scoured.
My wife cried “He's heaven sent!”

Here I ran to my wife
and tried to intercede:
“Wish for riches and gold!”
but she paid me no heed.

Instead, her final wish
was for the jinn to take out the trash:
something I had meant to do
but put off till the last.

As I sat there dumbfounded,
my wife said to me
“Can you get me another lamp?
I need to do laundry.”