I wanted to be the hard,
handsome hero
earning ten million dollars
with sculpted sinew
and rampaging manhood
that invaded the badlands,
swamps and sewers
with gas grenades
and anti-tank weapons
to sort out the dinosaurs,
ravenous zombies
and giant gorillas
that were eating lawyers,
hapless college kids
and nubile females
with partially-exposed
heaving bosoms
but I ended up with the wrong script
and there was no rippling torso
or dying worlds to save,
no inter-galactic adventures
or glorious sunsets,
no scantily-clad ladies
awaiting the chariot
of a hero’s arms,
just a limp libido,
an empty bottle
and a bit part in a B-movie.
handsome hero
earning ten million dollars
with sculpted sinew
and rampaging manhood
that invaded the badlands,
swamps and sewers
with gas grenades
and anti-tank weapons
to sort out the dinosaurs,
ravenous zombies
and giant gorillas
that were eating lawyers,
hapless college kids
and nubile females
with partially-exposed
heaving bosoms
but I ended up with the wrong script
and there was no rippling torso
or dying worlds to save,
no inter-galactic adventures
or glorious sunsets,
no scantily-clad ladies
awaiting the chariot
of a hero’s arms,
just a limp libido,
an empty bottle
and a bit part in a B-movie.