SUPERMAN

           
In our real-life adaptation of the movie,
the heroine who needs a helping hand,
my distraught daughter, lifts him, broken, to me.
What role do I play on this stage? The man

behind the curtain, best boy, grip, or gaffer?
Who’s saving whom from what? What’s Kryptonite?
The weight of sin in an action figure laugher?
What can I do for you, a type of the Christ,

for a heart surprisingly like ours: fun,
lonely, tempted by power and flattery,
susceptible to fate, love, and done.
Game over.
                 I replace your battery.

Doll, who am I above your resurrection:
a bird, a plane, your image, The Great Affection?