A Modern Day Superman

If we had a modern day Superman, he would not survive
He wouldn't be able to keep all of us alive

His identity would not be a secret, it’ll be all over Facebook
And our Lois Lanes won’t give him a second look

Changing in a phone booth won’t be possible
Ours are way too small, he might end up in hospital

He won’t be able to fly, he’d walk to crime scenes
Cause his cape got stolen, and he’d be wearing a pair of jeans

Lex Luthor would be too busy playing X-Box
While Superman’s career is on the rocks

He would've lost all his strength in street fights
And developed a drug habit by now, the poor Kryptonite 

04 June 2015
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 6/8/2015 3:41:00 PM
this is a very interesting poem. I understand your cynicism only too well!!
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Millicent Pieters
Date: 6/9/2015 12:43:00 AM
The world we live in today is so scary - Thank you for reading my piece :-)
Date: 6/8/2015 5:32:00 AM
Thank you guys so much! :-) I love being part of the Poetry Soup family
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Date: 6/6/2015 11:09:00 PM
Millicent, Congratulations on your Comic Book Characters win. Have a good one. SKAT
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Millicent Pieters
Date: 6/8/2015 5:51:00 AM
Thank you so much :-) I am humbled
Date: 6/5/2015 2:39:00 PM
I really enjoyed your cynical take on super hero - sadly there is so much truth in what you say - congrats on your win:-) Hugs Jan xx
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Millicent Pieters
Date: 6/8/2015 6:19:00 AM
Yes that is the sad part of it hey :-( Thank you for your comment and interest, I really appreciate it :-)
Date: 6/5/2015 8:17:00 AM
unusual take Millicent yet a great pen congrats on placing and welcome to Soup hugs
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