RIP: Christopher Reeve

I know he was just an actor, but when I was nine, staring up at the screen in that purity of wonder that only the very young seem to be capable of, he was Superman. It's so cliche that it's laughable now, but for that glorious brief span of time, I did believe a man can fly.

But like Icarus, he too fell, and tonight I feel the wax of his wings burning my heart. Once again I am that nine year old, but this time, that boy misses his hero.

May your gods bear you safely and without further pain to whatever lies in store for you, Mr. Reeve.

Superman's Song

Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man
He'd just come along and scoop 'em up under his arm
Like that, quick as a cat in the jungle
But Clark Kent, now there was a real gent
He would not be caught sittin' around in no
Junglescape, dumb as an ape doing nothing

[Chorus:]
Superman never made any money
For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair the world will never see
Another man like him

Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job
Even though he could have smashed through any bank
In the United States, he had the strength, but he would not
Folks said his family were all dead
Their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself
To carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going

Tarzan was king of the jungle and Lord over all the apes
But he could hardly string together four words: "I Tarzan, You Jane."

Sometimes when Supe was stopping crimes
I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back
On man, join Tarzan in the forest
But he stayed in the city, and kept on changing clothes
In dirty old phonebooths till his work was through
And nothing to do but go on home

Thought of the day

( Cut for non-toddlersafe language )

The Hemoclysm

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/atrox.htm

Bloody interesting stuff, pun intended.