For 57 years of life, I’ve known who this is a job for, and I’ve known it’s my job, too.
“Evil must be destroyed,” said Baraka,
“I want to be a force for good,” said Trane.
“Do the next right thing,” said my sponsor.
“Make it a great day,” said my Mom.
“Up, up, and away,” said Superman (1940)
I have no way of accounting for the talismanic nature of the “S.” Why does it still get me??? You see fascistic thuggery
I see a hometown hero, an alien conjured out of the imaginations of two bullied Jewish kids, still there to be shared with my kids, 57 years into my life. They tolerate my fondness for simplistic mythic epic ethical optimistic four-color weirdness. I tolerate their toleration. That joy never sleeps.
Poet. Humorist. Storyteller. MuddyUm editor. I write. I have always written. I play accordion. I have an extraordinary ability to be fascinated by things.
