Poem Post! "Last Call"
Title: Last Call
Author:
miri_away
Date: Jan 17/18, 07
Type: FanPoem (DCU)
Genre: Poetry, angst.
Char: Kon-El AKA Superboy/undisclosed associate
Summary: One more time, with feeling! A routine call; one of his lasts.
AN: The title has been heavily debated upon for several weeks now but I settled for "Last Call" because I was tired of doing Eeny-Meeny between it and "D.O.A", so, yes, the title is one of the only reasons it took me so long to post it. Other problems included many alternate versions (in which I guess the Titans of the Future Kon made an appearance and never got edited out?) and a lot of voting by 'Vi, Squash, and 'Ella, the latter being the only one in the know and still, sadly, not really getting it. I had an idea but I'm not sure if it survived translation; I don't mind. Don't take this seriously poesy-wise: I was in a mood and I lost the original(!) so had to make due with this second-hand...thing, the closest to a eulogy as I'll ever get for him. This makes me smile --actually giggle--whenever I read it. I've refrained from changing it now, but the last two stanzas are still up for whatever. I miss Kon.
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Last Call
miri_away
Jan 17/18, 07
There are bugs dead and dying in his grin:
I bite my lip to keep from
Becoming a happy killer too.
He almost drops me as he gags,
As he twitches,
As he splutters.
There are a thousand screams obviously
Urging, decidedly aging;
I don’t ask what he sees.
He keeps his mouth shut the rest of the way--
We’re in a hurry.
His hair can wait.
There is a distinct difference in this uniform:
It is tailored, completely unoriginal;
Sometimes I forget.
He holds me close, safe,
Against currents and debris,
Tries not to hold back He’s
There are storm clouds, maybe of smog, ahead
I tuck my head away:
Duty calls-we’re almost there.
He does not warn any of his descent
In that rebelling city
I never like flying anyway.
*
Is there any particular reason you’re here?
He leaves for much cooler things:
Saving the day?
Was there ever any question?
It’s been a forever already and…
We’ve had our doubts.
There
He
Therehe
There
He
There he
Is
was