A friend

One of my local channels has been playing Superman: The Movie on and off for a couple of months now. Each time they show a commercial for it they show Superman introducing himself to Lois Lane as "A friend." And each time I see that I think of when Angel and Buffy meet, and how Angel introduces himself as "A friend."

Given what a huge movie buff Joss Whedon seems to be and also what a comic geek he is, that had to have been deliberate, which, as a comic fan myself, I think is rather cool.

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note by Amiri Baraka for National Poetry Month

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note by Amiri Baraka
(For Kellie Jones, Born 16 May 1959)

Lately, I've become accustomed to the way
The ground opens up and envelops me
Each time I go out to walk the dog.
Or the broad-edged silly music the win
Makes when I run for the bus...

Things have come to that.

And now, each night I count the stars,
And each night I get the same number.
And when they will not come to be counted,
I count the holes they leave.

Nobody sings anymore.

And then last night, I tiptoed up
To my daughter's room and heard her
Talking to someone, and when I opened
The door, there was no one there...
Only she on her knees, peeking into

Her own clasped hands.