_always free, always open mic_ 12/4/2017 CLARK KENT hosted by Jan
12/11/2017 CLARK KENT CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN FOREVER MALIGNED BY THE
MYTH OF SUPERMAN WHEN IN FACT HE HAS JUST BEEN ANOTHER BAT IN THE
BELFRY OF LIFE, seeking justice and peace in this troubled world. The
comics who rule have long gotten CLARK WRONG, presuming Kryptonite to
be his Achilles heel when in fact that radiant mineral is found within
every person he meets. That singular force travels the short divide
from them to him, dispelling the dark forces of narcissism, rendering
CLARK HUMAN, vulnerable, and capable of poetic expression.LONGING FOR
KRYPTONITE
Zarathustra hides in a polar ice castle,
flies to the moon, leers at women with his X-ray eyes.
He is stuck in a rut waiting for earthquakes, sinking ships,
meteors on course to destroy the woman he avoids.
Each wood-pulped, flattened day he is summoned,
pulls phone booths out of thin air,
strips to pectoral splendor.
His speedo modestly bulges
as he rescues Lois Lane yet again,
again, again, again.
Old pages yellow and crack
until he longs to be a real CLARK KENT,
Kryptonated, unbound,
a nakedly human man.
(Need a prompt?Is Superman a Golem? A golem is an animated
anthropomorphic being that is magically created entirely from
inanimate matter (specifically clay or mud). -- you don't have to use
those words.)
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