Sociotard Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20080204/battersby-p.shtml I'll Keep a Green Lantern Burning By Lee Battersby 4 February 2008 Out in the suburbs on Saturday night The workaday Batman gets drunk and starts fights Costume too tight around midriff and ass The Batmobile running on unleaded gas Batts has been living out of the back seat Since Missus Batman threw him into the street The Batdoor no longer accepts the Batkey The Batcredit card's maxed out permanently The Batkids are staying with BatNan and Pop The beers keep on coming and no-one says stop Once a hero to someone, there's none left to ask, And failure's invisible under a mask But with each tilt of beer glass we see plain old Bruce: Middle aged; hopes forgotten; expecting abuse And when the bar's closed and we're facing the dawn, Batman of suburbia passes out on the lawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Re: I'll Keep a Green Lantern Burning Going to Gotham...via Omaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamLeisemann Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: I'll Keep a Green Lantern Burning Interesting poem/song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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