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A speaker calls himself the genie of a rusty old lamp and asks what the listener would have him do.

The worn lamp makes this offer of magical service sound modest. The page does not specify a wish or show whether the genie can fulfill one.

A two-line typed speech: 'I am the genie of this rusty old lamp, what would / you have me do?'

The offer of magical service comes from a worn, rusty lamp, which gives the genie a shabby, self-mocking dignity. It reads like a line of dialogue or the opening of a comic scene.