maybe not all stories are the same

[odditycollector]

It's 2 in the morning, and I find I have written a poem. Poooeeeemmmmmm. Actually I have written more than one, but I am *fairly* sure this one makes sense!

 
Amanda Waller

There are no pearls
for Amanda Waller
scattered across a dark alley
because you don't waste money on symbolism
if you've got kids to feed

because you've still got kids to feed
and you don't get to bring them on overseas training interludes
baby carriage stowed away in the dark
in the luggage hold
beside you
Mama, are we there yet?
Well, maybe you shoulda gone before we left
to Japan
for Ninja school

there are no vermin in the horror stories you know
in the worst ones
bogeymen forgoing attics and hiding inside acronyms
and pale, smiling faces
and a tv screen's promises
and paperwork
and judging eyes

and the tabloids don't care unless you're
famous
rich
pretty
white
special
so you've got to write the story yourself
uncover your own resolution
and bring focus to the moral:
The world's a Bitch
but Amanda Waller knows her own.

Comments

[katarik.livejournal.com]

... I *adore* this poem.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Amanda Waller doesn't get handed a fancy origin story. Except maybe Shit happens, and then you go on. You don't really get a choice.

[devilc.livejournal.com]

This is so awesome I'm bouncing in my seat!

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Amanda gets all my <3's

[caia-comica.livejournal.com]

Amanda. YES. *approves!*

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

yayes! I am also fond.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__marcelo/]

This is a *fantastic* poem. I mean, even beyond the level of fantastic-ness that Amanda brings to anything and everything she's related to.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

There are... certain people... in the DCU who do not get the sympathy from Waller they have come to expect from other people, may I suggest.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__marcelo/]

:D A very good point.