Eat, Drink, But Be Wary

"eat, drink, but be wary"


i should begin 
when i opened 

that bottle of jinn
an evil genie within 

with breath
of juniper

stranded on
a ship built in
an empty bottle

the evil is not 
the jinn tempting 

me to let him 
out but for 

me to 
come 

in
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