#given the corner of tumblr i hang out in nowadays i thought i'd throw out the best superhero poem there is

[therehavebeenstranger]

note, passed to superman

by Lucille Clifton

sweet jesus, superman, if i had seen you dressed in your blue suit i would have known you. maybe that choirboy clark can stand around listening to stories but not you, not with metropolis to save and every crook in town filthy with kryptonite. lord, man of steel, i understand the cape, the leggings, the whole ball of wax. you can trust me, there is no planet stranger than the one i’m from.