Amanda said I was a real “sketch”
I'm taking that as a compliment
Not some colourful cartoon character
Wonder what it represents
Hope I'm more like Superman
Than that scatter brain Daffy Duck
Old Dick Tracy kinda makes sense
Or Sylvester running amok
Can't be Blondie but maybe Dagwood
Maybe Terry of Pirates fame
Perhaps one of the Katzenjammer Kids
Or The Torch to set hearts aflame
Always thought I was more like Batman
With that fairy like Robin by his side
Actually wasn't cut out for super hero-ness
Seeing trouble I run away and hide
(Was really into comic strip characters
as a young 'un!)
Curtis was never one to stay in one place for very long
Oh my God they said when they looked at his passport
Multiple entries border crossings migration and search of
Inner Self and ironically a fix point in his travelling mind
No go zone was merely an encouragement to defy advice
Grand locations unexposed jewels magical treasure islands
Baking in the sun basking in downpour and floating on joy
Another journey one more rite of passage before settling
Coming home to hidden places he had never been before
Kaleidoscopes Katzenjammer Kettledrums Knowledge
Hitherto homeless he gallivanted to more distant shore-lines
On full steam of restlessness experiences and adventures
Minded his voyage but remained a foreigner nevertheless
Eventually he ran out of escape routes and returned home
21st February 2021
How many remember the Katzenjammer kids
A comic strip from the forties when I was a kid
Made me chuckle a bunch
Chomping on Sunday lunch
Their silly antics made me pee in my crib
How many remember the Katzenjammer kids
A comic strip from the forties when I was a kid
Made me chuckle a bunch
Chomping on Sunday lunch
Their silly antics made me pee in my crib
How many remember the Katzenjammer kids
A comic strip from the forties when I was a kid
Made me chuckle a bunch
Chomping on Sunday lunch
Their silly antics made me pee in my crib
Terry said I was a real “sketch”
I'm taking that as a compliment
Not some colourful cartoon character
Wonder what it represents
Hope I'm more like Superman
Than that scatter brain Daffy Duck
Old Dick Tracy kinda makes sense
Or Sylvester running amok
Can't be Blondie but maybe Dagwood
Maybe Terry of Pirates fame
Perhaps one of the Katzenjammer Kids
Or The Torch to set hearts aflame
Always thought I was more like Batman
With that fairy like Robin by his side
Wasn't cut out for super hero-ness
Seeing trouble I run away and hide
I'm being silly really sorry about that
I'm unique and a one of a kind
If you still want to call me a Super Hero
Just call me the Hulk, that's fine!
© Jack Ellison 2015
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