A superhero poem in 5 parts. Part I: The Dark Night Falls Part II: Eternal Dream Part III: After the Golden Age Part IV: Graphic Part V: Origin Story Part I: The Dark Night FallsPart II: Eternal DreamPart III: After the Golden AgePart IV: GraphicPart V: Origin Story In 2011 I gathered a group of… Continue reading Unmasked
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Unmasked- Part V
Origin Story In which reality is blurred, we go back to the beginning to discover how it all began, sleep the sleep of the dead and get awkwardly personal. There is a momenta singular occasionone infinitesimal point in timejust before my eyelids closejust before sleep takes mebetween my conscious thoughtsand nightly dreamsof youwhen you become… Continue reading Unmasked- Part V
Unmasked- Part IV
Graphic In which our hero does a lot of things and nothing much at all, a blank page is filled, we learn a thing or two about the process and realise that Dream Girl doesn't screen her calls. "Dream Girl sighs, alone in the tunnel.She's wasting all her energy holding back the blood, stopping it… Continue reading Unmasked- Part IV
Unmasked- Part III
After The Golden Age In which we skip straight to the comics anyway, discover a new level of disdain for the tabloids, encounter a threat, and realise that it's not every dream in which we can fly. On Monday, all hell breaks loose. The Morning Herald runs with 'Dream Girl Sleeps With the Enemy' The… Continue reading Unmasked- Part III
Unmasked- Part II
Eternal Dream In which the obituaries page loses a member, we learn some comic comic book life lessons, can't help but stare at her legs, and realise there's a fundamental flaw in our hero's superpowers. Mild-mannered Matthewrough round the edgessits atop a skyscraperlegs over ledges.Sitting there staringdown on the heads andthe matchbox sized taxis andthe… Continue reading Unmasked- Part II
Unmasked- Part I
The Dark Night Falls In which we are introduced to our hero, take a left to the chin, rethink the floor plan of our evil lair and plan a lunar picnic. She can fly, you know, if she wants to,she could zock you on the chin,she could punch right through three feet of steel if it should come to it. She could… Continue reading Unmasked- Part I
