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2011, ambiguity, Batman, Beast, Buddhanature, Daredevil, dilemma, disempowerment, distrust, Dr Strange, emptiness, Hulk, identity, ignominy, ingenuity, insight, Kryptonite, naïveté, poem, presence, prohibition, release, Spiderman, stealth, Superman, superpower, Thor, tragedy, wisdom
my
superpower
I am not implacable like Superman
which is both my own Kryptonite
and my own presence
I am not grim like the Batman
which is both my own Tragedy
and my own wisdom
I am not angry like the Hulk
which is both my own Ignominy
and my own stealth
I am not strange like Stephen
which is both my own Ambiguity
and my own naïveté
I am not a human god like Thor
which is both my own Dilemma
and my own ease
I am not webbed in moral struggle like Spiderman
which is both my own Disempowerment
and my own ingenuity
I am not fore-sighted like Daredevil
which is both my own Prohibition
and my own insight
I am not mellifluent like the Beast
which is both my own Distrust
and my own poem
no,
no
my super power
is far far greater
than all of these
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
Batman wormhole: early evening
Daredevil wormhole: now, the verticals go down as well as they go up
disempowerment wormhole: tag cloud poem V – draft-ness
Dr Strange wormhole: Doctor Strange I – the trashcan tilted the better to see now the street
emptiness wormhole: tag cloud poem IX – haiku is awkward / the more that is left in / like uncombed hair
identity wormhole: need
naïveté wormhole: true nature
Superman wormhole: sit
superpower wormhole: exactly equal
Thor wormhole: song of irrelevance
mlewisredford 
I really enjoyed this poem. With the recent popular obsession with all things superhero, superhero “multiverses”, and each blockbuster film bigger and more expensive than the last, your poem struck me as a perfect counterpoint. Thank you.
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and thank you for commenting, Marcy: I like being a counterpoint … to anything
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Yes, you’ve used your superpower to provide context for all others. Well done!
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ah; but I’ve just seen ‘Civil War’ and I’m not so sure now … actually, maybe THAT is my superpower – Not So Sure Man; main superpower: almost indefatigable and quietly militant naïveté …, arch Enemy: Sure As A Trump Man, main power: lowest common denominator rhetoric; don’t miss their epic battle where they miss each other constantly
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LOL. Have I told you, lately, that you’re brilliant!
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… not for a good 16 minutes; I was gasping there for a minute … oh, that wasn’t meant ironically, was it; now I’m confused – my achilles heel!
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If I had the skill to render that as a comic…I think we would have an internet sensation!! This had me laughing out loud at my desk at work, attracting the attention of all of my office mates.
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Ha! My new, improved superpower: getting others’ attention onto others for no good reason, no, wait, that’s Trumpman’s power; d’oh, foiled again, I’m way too trusting …!
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