Gilly Flower

This I had to share. The WE game-players are regular readers of my pulp mill spleen, and given the subject matter of many of my contributions I'm sure most have very little difficulty in working out their authorship.

But I'm having trouble working out who wrote the witty reply!

This is mine: And the words we had to include (at least three of them) were: genie; beg; compromise; edge; running.

John Gay's three wishes

Now the mill teeters
on the edge of destruction, do
you think a genie -
your own personal genie
will come running,
do your bidding,
and save it?

As you travel the world
and bend your knees
to beg
a bank
for funding
you need to know
that our genie -
(the planet's genie)
will bid higher
and run faster

because she,
and we,
can't afford
to lose.

Now for the reply: And the words to be included were: amazing; bus; frosty; purl; seedy

Chance Meeting (with apologies in advance)

On the bus he can't help thinking
She looks familiar
Can't place her, though.
Knitting a scarf
Or something like that
One of those do-it-yourself
Poet types

She switches to a purl row
Her hands move so delicately
She notices him watching
Gives him a frosty stare

So she recognises him, too,
It's exciting... Amazing.

Her name suddenly comes to him
If she knows who he is
She must be less of a challenge
He'll introduce himself
To refresh her memory
Of what could be.

He draws nearer...
"Ms (my name)
I think we've met before...
John Gay...

But I shall have to wait until Wednesday to confirm who wrote it . . . . (it was Richard Higgs, who is based in South Africa)