“Real Superman”

(and “nevah” means “not ever”)

Regina YC Garcia

Published in The NewVerse.News

https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/08/real-superman.html?m=1

August 11, 2025

Superman would nevah….


pledge allegiance to Lex Luthor

beat down the Tamale Lady

snatch a child from a loving mother

snatch a  loving mother from the grasp of  a terrified child

cage them  strip them  from each other

pull them from the light of hope


Superman would nevah….


dump Mr. Terrific from his chair

keep him from accessing his reasonable accommodations

cancel his yearly checkup

lie about his color… his culture… his merit

leave him hungry… emaciated… prey for predators


Superman would nevah….


set fire to non-perishable food

soak the ashes in a blood-soaked ground

willingly hand his red cloak to the enemy that they might cover the eyes of the innocents

     and steal  their liberty


Superman would nevah….


forget the “Golden Rule”

shut down opportunities

enlist the fools to join a league of injustice

     that they might  overtake the land


Superman would save the alligators

from the monsters that built shoddy cages and dangled distraught meat from unclean hands


Superman would nevah….


forget where he came from

forget who helped him and loved him

     all along the way

forget that we all have a part to play

     a part that bends towards justice

     redefines the American way

     a way that ushers in a prosperity

     that ensures we all stay free

     and more

          and even more


(unnecessary too tall buildings and death waters be damned)





Regina YC Garcia is a national award-winning poet, professor, and language artist from Greenville, NC. She is a twice-nominated Puscart nominee, and her work has been widely published in a variety of journals reviews and anthologies, as well as musical compositions and documentaries. She is the author of two collections of poetry—Whispers from the Multiverse (Aquarius Press/Willow Books, February 2025) and The Firetalker’s Daughter (Finishing Line Press, March 2023).

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