FINAL NOTE TO CLARK
Lucille Clifton
they had it wrong,
the old comics.
you are only clark kent,
after all. oh,
mild mannered minister,
why did i think you could fix it?
how you must have wondered
to see me taking chances,
dancing on the edge of words,
pointing out the bad guys,
dreaming your x-ray vision
could see the beauty in me.
what did i expect? what
did i hope for? we are who we are,
two faithful readers,
not wonder woman and not superman.
4 responses so far ↓
girlgriot // April 21, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Oh, I just love her. Thanks, Linda.
Kelly // April 22, 2008 at 12:36 pm
This one is really great!
writerlulu // April 22, 2008 at 4:25 pm
It is great…I love the lines “dreaming your x-ray vision could see beauty in me.” Man!
hozomeen // April 24, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I like this one…
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