Leap of Faith

Stood on the roof of the Empire State Two American men and their new English mate It’s true that a bourbon or two had been had Perhaps that’s what made them all act a bit mad The Englishman, clearly, had drunk a bit more His friends shared a secret which made them guffaw One asked their English friend if he had heard That bourbon allows you to fly like a bird The Englishman grinned. ‘I’m not falling for that, If I tried to fly I would fall and go splat!’ So one of his mates jumped right down to the street Bounced all the way up to land back on his feet ‘My, that’s amazing,’ the Englishman said, ‘If I had done that I would be a bit dead.’ ‘Nonsense,’ the other American said, ‘If you won’t do it, I’ll do it instead.’ True to his word he jumped down to the street Bounced all the way up to land back on his feet The Englishmen gasped. ‘I can’t believe that You jumped off the roof but you didn’t go splat.’ So both the Americans said he was scared And after a while the Englishman dared ‘Okay,’ he said, ‘I think I could do that.’ He jumped and smashed into the ground with a splat They gazed at the gory result of their plan And Spiderman said, ‘That was mean, Superman.’ *** Secretly watching from behind a tree He thought to himself ‘They could never kill me.’ For they hadn’t known his identity. Or that the ‘splat’ was ground beef for his tea He hadn’t harboured malicious intent When he had adopted an English accent But in their ‘day wear’ he still knew what it meant When young Peter Parker said, ‘Meet Mr Kent.’ It was nice to see that the graveyard was stuffed He grinned to see Spidey and Superman cuffed Soon he'd step out for his mourners to see For now, Batman giggled hysterically 6 September 2022 For contest: superheroes or Supervillains Sponsor: Robert James Liguory