Super

by James Valvis

Lois said, “You may think he’s a catch,
but you’ve never slept next to him.
Not only are his lips hard and unyielding,

but he’s faster than a locomotive
in more ways than one. And his snoring!
This is a guy who can blow down walls.

Other men sleepwalk, he sleep-flies.
We tried it for maybe half a week.
Then we both decided, for my safety,

it was better to sleep in different houses.
Meanwhile, he’s out saving Metropolis again,
but have you ever seen him make a penny?

Maybe Batman doesn’t leap tall buildings,
but has he ever gone Dutch to the movies?
What I’m saying is many guys are perfect

when you first meet them, especially
flashing those blue steel X-Ray eyes, but
with great romance comes great labor---

and speaking of labor, this idea of
a little alien spawn kicking inside me
with those two bionic baby feet, well…

I’ve begun to think boring old Clark
looks more and more super every day.”