SUPER HERO

True story

If you were a superhero
Would you want to fly?
To lift up very heavy things
And help the passers-by?

It would be nice to do all this-
Be brave at any cost,
But all MY powers let me do
Is be late and get lost.

A warning light is flashing,
I get ready at a rate
That is very close to dashing
But I know I will be late.

And averting the apocalypse
Would really be quite cool
But I'd take a wrong left turn and
Arrive at City Pool.

I really am a superhero;
It's not I can't be tossed,
But the powers I've been cursed with
Are: Be late and get lost.


K. Ashworth (2010)