Pandora's Box

What came out was beyond your wildest dreams,
then you knew that not everything's as it seems;
the genie had moved home from Aladdin's lamp,
now granting wishes out of the box - a new camp.

It was said we know: 'to be careful what you wish for,'
someone wanted a pet lion, then it wandered out the door,
then there was a harem - he got an ear bashing,
here's a good investment, sent the stock market crashing.

A bald chap wanted his hair back, grew down to his knees,
sent to university but couldn't pay the fees,
I want to travel to the moon, not, coming back anytime soon,
to be a gunslinger, got shot by Gary Cooper in High Noon.

So be careful next time you're challenged with the wishbone,
there's a chance that you'll end up home-alone.