Jinxed By Jill

She popped out of the vase

like a Jill-in-the-box

still holding on

to the carroty snake

she’d prised from the glaze inside.

He’d rubbed the vase hard 

to dry to clean her up 

but it made her pop out

like a Genie from the Arabian nights

but with curses flowing

from her forked tongue

when he hoped for wishes.

Jinxed by Jill, he thought darkly

breaking the vase too late

to break the spell.

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