11.12.06

Stain Boy

Of all the super heroes,
the strangest one by far,

doesn't have a special power,
or drive a fancy car.

Next to Superman and Batman,

I guess he must seem tame.
But to me he is quite special, and Stain Boy is his name.

He can't fly around tall buildings,
or outrun a speeding train,

the only talent he seems to have,
is to leave a nasty stain.

Sometimes I know it bothers him,

that he can't run or swim or fly,
and because of this one ability,

his dry cleaning bill's sky high.

Tim Burton, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and other stories.