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The superhero's day
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I wish I could say I got the idea specifcally from watching a child at play (it was a TV commercial), but is there a little boy alive (no matter what his age) who hasn't donned bath towel and swim goggles to defend the universe from evil?

The superhero's day

He rose like a champion

and surveyed the land,

Brave and strong,

with a hawklike glance.

Resplendent in a bath towel cape,

immune to bullets, bombs

dirty hands or icky girls.

Faster than a speeding bullet,

more powerful than a toy train,

able to leap the front yard hedge

in a single bound.

He flies through the front yard,

then the back, avenging evil,

keeping the bad guys at bay.

The Joker, the Riddler, the Penquin

should just stay in Gotham today.

But the bad guys still run amok,

and must be checked by the short-haired

hero in a t-shirt and goggles,

Or will the villains just wait

until the time is right?

Like when our hero has to

go inside for lunch?

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 Reviews of "The superhero's day"
Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on December 17, 2006
chuckle

Reviewed by Marie Wadsworth
Reviewed on June 7, 2003
lol. This is great. This poem was inspired from that pullups commerical, isn't it? I've toyed with writing a superhero story but didn't want to get busted for copyright infringement. This is cute and makes me feel like a kid.
A fellow newshound (are feature writers newshounds?) in New Mexico

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
Great poem, enjoyed this so much.

Reviewed on May 20, 2003
This was a sweet poem! Ah, the memories it brings back!

Reindeer

Reviewed on May 20, 2003
LOLOLOL "there's no need to fear/underdog is here!" that was *my* favorite superhero...thanks for the memory jog! well done! (((HUGS))) and love, karla. :)

Reviewed on May 20, 2003
ah, the pleasures of kid-dom...wish i were still little! :) (((HUGS))) and love, your friend, karen lynn. good write, steven!

Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on May 20, 2003
Ahhh, I remember those bath towel capes very well. Enjoyed reading this. Bravo for the memories.

Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on May 20, 2003
Yes Steven, it does bring back so many memories and what child hasn't flown a towel as his banner, and fought the universe by him/herself. Very nice poem. And Steven. Trixie is in my soul. I just can't let her go.

Reviewed by Leland Waldrip
Reviewed on May 20, 2003
Brings back fond memories of -- not a boy, but a girl superhero. She had a cape and could "KAPOW" with the best of 'em. Nice write, Steven.


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