Jinni

[Donald Q.]

The Jinni asks: how do you wish   I assume this is a Djinn, or genie, or one of the variations on that idea
to die? It's the gift of choice and knowledge,
release from the thickening suspense.  I'm not sure if you need the part after the question mark. The ramifications of knowing how you would die seem clear enough. and the question alone gives a big start to the poem. 

Do you want to die quick
like the lightning-crack of dynamite I mean, I think i'd take being struck by lightning over being blown to bits by some tnt, but maybe that's just me.
or asteroid impact?
Do you want your body to remain
intact in hope of resurrection—
maybe heart attack or Anthrax?
Do you want the fame you didn't have
in life, a death for the Guinness books
and a story gone viral?    I think you could, if you wanted, push the style of this stanza even further. Make it a full salesman patter, a well rehearsed list of suggestions that the Jinni has performed to many people.

Do you want your death to dress
your story in white, bookends of goodness,
cloaking your putrid life
in fragrant funeral sheets?   Nice imagery 
The Jinni can grant you absolution:
save a Hybrid full of babies
from a Humvee full of pedophiles   ha, fantastically overblown, I like it
with twisted, pointy mustaches  
slicked slimy with trans-fatty fry grease.  I'm not sure about these two lines, I think the joke is sold with the hybrid/humvee lines and this is just unneeded decoration. 

The Jinni is an ifrit—
it can make things happen. Not sure why these two lines are hanging about on their own here. 

Some people choose to simply
fall asleep;
they take a breath,
then exhale.

Most fall into silence, hoping
that the Jinni is the one who decides
whether dying must always result in death.  These last three stanzas feel like the structure/phrasing isn't quite right, but I like the idea; that there's the simple classic choice, but that most people can't make even that decision.

Here's my initial thoughts, I'll probably swing by again for another edit, keep up the good work!