Wednesday, May 1, 2024

His cub reporter

 She’s his best writer

And doesn’t want to lose her

Because of what goes on

Between us,

Calling it acrid,

He doesn’t need

To be touched by,

His voice over the telephone

Sounding scared

As if fearful she

Might overhear us

She is Lois Lane

Leaving him to be Clark Kent

While I’m left to play

Lex Luthor

My hands full of kryptonite

That might bring even

Superman to his knees

I need to confess my sins,

He says, meaning to get me fired,

Rage boiling out of him

In his words,

He desperately tries to keep calm

But can’t,

Giving me the option

To do myself in

Or if forced,

To have him

Do it

For me..

 


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