ADVENT DAY TWENTY: NICOLE MAURO

      IV

      Be-
      spectacled Clark
      attended regular
      meetings
      at the apartment
      where he remarked
      and remarked
      about the routines
      of ordinary bi-
      peds, their organs
      in garments, how
      one-
      breasted are the bow-wielding
      brave. He had seen a lovelorn
      on the pavement 
      on the way
      to the apartment, one
      with one
      leg. Diana's iris
      got large
      in the process
      so be-
      spectacled Clark
      stripped off
      his garments, and
      stayed.

 #4 from a series called Superzeroic, an anti-romance between Clark Kent and Diana Prince, aka Superman and Wonderwoman.

NICOLE MAURO'S poems and criticism 
have appeared in numerous publications. She lives 
in the Bay Area with her husband, and children.