a job for superman
a job for jesus
superman’s fiction and
jesus teases
look around you
you’ve been had
now there are forests falling
in your interest
now there are children falling
in your name
what will it take to make you mad
is it what you had in mind
you expected maybe superheroes
to explode out of a phone booth
throw a lasso, make them tell the truth
maybe streak across the sky
in bright primary colors
bringing freedom
god and commerce to the world
why ever bother with the outer reaches
take what the tv and the bible teaches
like it’s gospel
real as dirt
leave your elected leaders uncontested
to do the work of freedom unmolested
up to the moment
you get hurt
are you hurt enough to bleed
does the sight of blood surprise you
did you picture it so red
or imagine there would be so much
are you crouched in a trench
waiting for your superhero’s tender touch
or did you see him fly by