Precisely Five

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The question goes something like this-
A magic lamp,
A genie,
No loopholes,
One wish.

What would you wish for?

And why?

Well.

I want precisely five tornadoes
Kept in five glass jars

The most powerful of magnitudes
To be seen from the afars

I want precisely five tornadoes
Each the size of ten states

To release when and where I choose
To control my country's fates

I want precisely five tornadoes
Because one isn't enough

Two and three are vulnerable
Four is just a bluff

I want precisely five tornadoes
I can fill them each with joys

With water, lava, animals,
Houses, humans, toys,

With danger, music, dust and sand,
Armies, men and boys,

With terror, peace, a cemetery,
What mends, and what destroys,

I
Want
Precisely
Five
Tornadoes

Kept
In
Five
Glass
Jars

These
Five
Word
Long
Sentences

Keep
My
Wish
In
Bars.

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