lost cape

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2011, 5*, Batman, green, identity, pink, portrait, red bat, Riddler, sky, yellow

 

 

 

                                              lost cape

                      on the yellow boards of the jetty
                                under the pink sky

                      Batman had snagged
                      his assailant                reaching
                      far ahead with a fishing rod

                                aghh but the prey
                      in a green suit and question marks
                      who had effortlessly reached back
                      and guided the rod’s cast
                      was actually the Batman
                                himself

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

Batman wormhole: Statue of Liberty
green wormhole: Bonus Books
identity wormhole: illusion
pink wormhole: midnight
red bat wormhole: ‘strands as thick as rope …’
Riddler wormhole: we play a game
sky wormhole: c’mon
yellow wormhole: ‘on the smooth road …’

 

‘strands as thick as rope …’

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2011, 5*, Batman, identity, red bat, society

 

 

 

                strands as thick as rope
                tangle the limbs and
                cape of the Batman
                which pull and crease as

                     the eight legs
                no escape can’t move
                     and six eyes
                chin in neck grimace
                of the monster advances
                but one hand is still free
                a batarang still thrown

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–
Batman wormhole: fir trees
identity wormhole: so
red bat wormhole: 1965
society wormhole: listening

 

1965

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'scape, 1965, 2010, 4*, Batman, blue, childhood, red, red bat, sky, years, yellow

 

 

 

                                                              1965

                                                 yellow
                      whoosh marks from Batman’s cape
                          in the red red sky

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

1965 wormhole: 1965
Batman wormhole: ‘through …’
blue wormhole: flat blue / carpet
childhood wormhole: downhill
red & sky wormhole: the breath of London
red bat wormhole: still
years wormhole: 1972
yellow wormhole: Eglinton Hill

 

still

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2010, 4*, afternoon, Batman, comics, dream, red bat, sky, yellow

 

 

 

                                even though it was late
                                Saturday afternoon
                                and the sky was
                                dirty yellow and
                                even though there were only
                                telegraph poles to swing from still
                                Batman swooped down
                                to scoop Linda Paige –
                                who had fallen into a dream
                                like a mannequin –
                                from the path of the
                                tall tall truck

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

Batman wormhole: 1968
comics wormhole: sit
red bat wormhole: the Bat-parent

sky wormhole: hinted
yellow wormhole: vision

 

the Bat-parent

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2011, 5*, Batman, childhood, comics, red, red bat, Robin, rooftops, speech, windows

 

 

 

                                              the Bat-parent

                                during the entire fourth flight
                                Robin was silent, ‘but then
                                what if …’ bracing his knees against
                                the wall under the sill Batman, ‘still
                                you haven’t …’ hung out locked
                                by Robin’s arms and, ‘if that were …’
                                caught the toddler falling, ‘even’ –
                                whump! – ‘then it …’ from the eighth
                                floor transfixed by the, ‘so it isn’t …’
                                red roof of the church looking,
                                ‘yes …’ like a floor

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

Batman & comics wormholes: biography
childhood & windows wormhole: vision
red wormhole: quietly
speech wormhole: bargain