I Have Never Cared for Superheroes--a Poem from Love in the Time of Covid

I have never cared for superheroes:
Never joined that army of those wishing
themselves other than what they are not,
at least not in the typical sense
of human growth and change--
These people have some accessory
to help them stand out from the crowd or satisfy
some egocentric aspect, some missing thing
in their psyche.
Never read the comics or have ever watched a film
about these god-like creatures, nope, never joined them;
was always
looking for understanding this self, this life,
something superheroes
just did not help me do,
and they do not exhibit, in any way, something
I could relate to
not being a superhero.

[@allgoraro]

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