Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 24 (December 1999).
Before my body I sit and wonder
The belly is full of toxic waste
The head shelters useless ideas
Once this vessel was pumped with
Energy and life, and words came
Like orgasms onto my notebooks
And manuscripts of ideas
Now the lunar rock void of air
Sits inert in a bad space
Galactus used to drink planets
Of their energy, drain the waters,
Drive the land fallow, sink his
Teeth into the deep earth and
Steal its treasures of life
Galactus’ globe ship is circling my
Home, metal extenders ready to
Grip the volcanic depths and suck
The blood from the open wound
But there was this team of four
Bitten by gamma rays in space
Earth, air, fire and water: united,
Poised in a single direction with
A strangely unified will
What happened to Galactus
was this:
The Fantastic Four kicked his ass
Poetry copyright © 1999/2000 by Featured Poet Richard Behrens
Artwork “Femtastic Comics!” copyright © 1999/2000 by Romeo Esparrago
