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Superman's Other Achilles' Heel

Superman’s Other Achilles’ Heel By Elton Camp Truth, justice and the American way Superman pursued every single day Bullets bounced right off his chest Everything that he did was the best A locomotive was weaker than he Steel he bent with hands, you see Able to leap tall buildings at a bound He was the strongest fellow around Only time he got into a tight Was in contact with kryptonite At least that the way the story’s told But all forgot that he would grow old For now his hair has grown thin He has developed a double chin X-ray vision won’t work with glasses His reflexes are now slow as molasses Firm muscles have turned to jelly And Kal-El now has a beer belly No matter how hard he may try He’s now far too obese to fly This little story may be hard to believe An elderly Superman’s hard to conceive

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 3/15/2014 4:51:00 AM
another very enjoyable one .. love the molasses rhyme! Alex
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Elton Camp
Date: 3/15/2014 10:11:00 AM
Perhaps there's a bit of "superman" in all of us.

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