Pen and Cape » Batman http://penandcape.com Sometimes our dreams grow up with us. Fri, 18 May 2012 13:11:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 All Hallow’s City http://penandcape.com/poetry/all-hallow%e2%80%99s-city/ http://penandcape.com/poetry/all-hallow%e2%80%99s-city/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:18:39 +0000 admin http://penandcape.com/?p=172 All Hallow’s City

In the city of black steel I met a well-meaning child dressed as the devil, pretending to fly.  I’d call him a paper tiger (a two-faced supernova dark star) only he had teeth–long, sharp

teeth–like stalactites, built from slow-dripped years of sorrow and regret. I wish his costume hid him from want of family photos.  I wonder ...Read more]]> http://penandcape.com/poetry/all-hallow%e2%80%99s-city/feed/ 0 Thinly Veiled, Young Man Comes to Me Seeking a Friendly Face http://penandcape.com/poetry/thinly-veiled-young-man-comes-to-me-seeking-a-friendly-face/ http://penandcape.com/poetry/thinly-veiled-young-man-comes-to-me-seeking-a-friendly-face/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:13:02 +0000 admin http://penandcape.com/?p=140 Thinly Veiled, Young Man Comes to Me Seeking a Friendly Face (The Joker)

So I’m out and about one day when this priest walks up to me and says, “Beloved bard, my mother has died and my father is ill and I’ve lost my faith.” And I said to him, “But faith’s forever! Got a lifetime warranty, doesn’t it? I’ve ...Read more]]> http://penandcape.com/poetry/thinly-veiled-young-man-comes-to-me-seeking-a-friendly-face/feed/ 0