there’s no you
in this story –
cause everyone knows
it all comes to an end
when the man moves in
time to put away the heels,
the fancy undies,
unlace the corset
though there’s been the odd dalliance
and will it betray you
all to know
that some nights I want
to hang up the tiara
and be the weaker one
I’ve imagined them all
in my bed – J’onn, Steven, Bruce
and if you believe the stories
Kal’s even stayed
once or twice
besides who doesn’t want
to submit some days
it’s always like this
in the second act
tied full length in lingerie
ankles garroted by truth
nothing binds so well
renders me senseless and left
to the whims
then we both can pretend
I don’t want this:
the suburban fantasy
being tied down

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Tanis Rideout’s first appearance was in a foreign story line (Unclear Origins issue #8) – which took her through Tai Chi Ch’uan poetry training around the globe. Never a master of the secret identity, in her young adulthood she took a meditative refuge from the world to refine her style and master control of language and rhythm (see: The Lost Years issue #4). During that time she learned to wield words with ninja-like precision. She emerged from seclusion to join the Justice League of Poets (JLP – The Northern Stories, issues #63 on). Current plotlines have left our hero seeking to balance her search for poetic justice with regular daily existence (The Continuing Adventures of Po’ It Girl).