By Tricia Thomas
Date: 29 September 1999

Comic book hero

This boy from Smallville
moves to Metropolis,
takes a job at the Daily Planet,
meets a dark haired girl who needs
rescuing...over and over again.

He feebly hides his true identity 
behind his Clark Kent glasses, 
but takes long looks into her soul 
with his X-ray vision.

There’s a chemistry between them 
that neither one will ever 
actually admit to or understand.
It might ruin the storyline.

He tries to pretend 
he’s not a super hero,
just an every-day kind of guy, 
not her type at all.
But she suspects there’s more 
to his story, 
after all...she’s a reporter.

You see, he magically appears 
on rooftops every time she needs him.
He saves the girl, sleighs the villain,
then flies away into the night skies
with her safely wrapped 
in his strong arms and red cape.

So Superman, can you read my mind?

If you get this message, 
please rescue her again.
Lex Luthor is holding her 
hostage in the suburbs.